VAX 9440

[Pontus Pihlgren]

That is a behemoth!!

Did you ger that huge powerforming thingy that goes 
with it?

Are you crazy enough to atempt a power-up?

/P

On Wed, Nov 07, 2018 at 09:55:07PM -0500, Evan Koblentz via cctalk wrote:
> The VCF museum took delivery of a VAX 9440 today.
> 
> It arrived in two 28-foot trailers. Here's our forklift driver
> beginning to unload the first truck:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1E-Q5xrsYXyjrZEZh92xIBhlStvvNUcRV/view?usp=sharing
> 
> Here's a teaser picture of the main cabinet:
> 
> https://drive.google.com/file/d/1bEpSMzBEeOvuDnzPQ9Npc7iYmDhjZq8c/view?usp=sharing
> 
> The full system is 30-40 feet long when it's all set up! It is in
> pristine condition and was in service at a defense contractor until
> a couple of months ago.
> 
> Rumor has it that we arranged for another one to land in Dave
> McGuire's Large Scale Systems Museum collection, and a third to be
> with Bob Roswell's System Source collection. :)  Perhaps they'll
> post updates too!