Microvaxen bits etc.

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Mon Oct 26 03:18:46 1998

-----Original Message-----
From: Jim Strickland <jim_at_calico.litterbox.com>
To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
<classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
Date: Monday, 26 October 1998 20:07
Subject: Re: Microvaxen bits etc.


>When last I looked - and this was 1993 or so - you could still buy the
ethernet
>interfaces for uVAX IIs from used system dealers.

Dealers in things Digital are scarce around here. That's part of the
problem.

> Whatever you do, don't get stuck with a deqna board. Nothing after VMS
5.3 supports them.

Ah. Ok, thanks for that.

>You want a delqa or delqa YM board. The YM is the high performance version
of
>the delqa. In 1993 they cost about 300 bucks(US) a whack

Ok, I'll try for one of those. Thank you.

>They're probably more or less worthless now. *sigh* :)

A$400 a tonne. At selected "Hi-Tech" scrap yards. FWIW, I got the MVII,
plus
2 VS4000's, (a 90 & a 60), a swag of RZ55's, couple TK50's, couple VT220 &
320 terms
a DS3100, a VS3100/M38, 2 Data General 88000 based Aviions running
DGUX 5.4 V3.10 (Sys 5 R4 + bits of BSD) and 2 Interpro 19" Colour RGBHV
monitors for $160.
Plus sundry keyboards etc.
The MVII and a couple of the VS still have VMS 5.4 or 5.5 on them.
(A small cluster is in the works :^)


Cheers

Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
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