Cute Vax 5500, in SoCal

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Thu Apr 19 23:01:12 2001

>> I saw a cute little vax today at a scrap yard, apparently still intact, it
>> was a 5500 in a BA400 chassis. I don't think I can bring it home, but
>> should I be tempted? Anybody else in SoCal looking for one?
>>
>> I did snag a fairly burnt in VT520, unfortunately minus any cables, and
>> left about 5 more behind.
>
>Are you sure this wasn't a DECsystem 5500?

That sounds right, someone called it a Vax in the yard, but I think it is a
Dec System 5500. Property tag in service date was 1990, and inside it looks
like a pair of scsi drives. It had a trouble log on the side, but I didn't
look that closely.
Received on Thu Apr 19 2001 - 23:01:12 BST