VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)

[Dave Wade]

Personally I think anything with castors on....
On Jul 8, 2015 7:37 AM, "P Gebhardt" <p.gebhardt at ymail.com> wrote:

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> ----- Ursprüngliche Message -----
> > Von: Johnny Billquist <bqt at update.uu.se>
> > An: cctech at classiccmp.org
> > CC:
> > Gesendet: 23:02 Dienstag, 7.Juli 2015
> > Betreff: Re: VAX-11/750 registry (Was: Reviving a VAX-11/750)
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> > On 2015-07-07 23:55, Robert Armstrong wrote:
> >>>  Johnny Billquist bqt at update.uu.se wrote:
> >>>  some of the 8000-series stuff are probably the biggest ...
> >>
> >>     Not all of them.  The 82xx/83xx family was just one 10-1/2" chassis
> > for
> >>  the CPU - the same physical size as a 11/730, yet they were genuine
> single
> >>  or dual CPU BI bus VAXen.  Of course, many of their brothers were
> quite a
> >>  bit bigger.
> >>
> >>     And don't forget the VAXstation-8000...
> >
> > Right. But I did say "some". :-)
> >
> > Think 8978 for example...
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> I'd say that the 8000 series (besides the 11/7x0 series) were the most
> diverse in size compared to the 6000, 7000 and 9000 series. As already
> mentioned, the 82x0 or 83x0 fit into a small half-height cabinet. The 85x0
> has the size of a 6000 or 7000 series vax, if I remember well. The 8800
> series were housed in very large cabients, larger than the 6000 and 7000
> series cabinets.
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> Pierre
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