Legitimacy of the Ten Year Rule.

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Mon Jan 25 19:43:09 1999

> Date: Mon, 25 Jan 1999 18:55:00 -0500
> Reply-to: classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu
> From: allisonp_at_world.std.com (Allison J Parent)
> To: "Discussion re-collecting of classic computers"
> <classiccmp_at_u.washington.edu>
> Subject: Re: Legitimacy of the Ten Year Rule.

 
> <>Humm. This one is tough. We talk about VAXen and the MicroVAX is only
> <>about 14-15 years old and some models do persist but they are uniquly
> <>new compared to others. Example, we wouldn't be talking about 6xxx series
> <>as the oldest ones are early 90s.
> <
> <Ahem, I've got one here that is stamped 89. I understood they went into
> <production in 88.
> <I have another that is stamped JAN 1990. I suggest that these are "classic
>
> We talking about MicroVAX, MicroVAX-6000 or MV3100 series?

These are 6000-310's specifically, (well, one is now a 220 and the other is now
a 320, as I managed to acquire a couple of 200 series cpu boards.). My
Microvax II is dated 87 (I think).

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