Cute Vax 5500, in SoCal

From: Mike Ford <mikeford_at_socal.rr.com>
Date: Sun Apr 22 17:23:38 2001

Interesting, in my digging around the place I picked up three old keyboards
and mice, one of them says its mips.

Nobody on the list is local enough to get it, so my guess is that it gets
scrapped in a week or so.

>That would be the DECSystem 5500, a MIPS based PMAX (not a VAX). I've got a
>dead BA400 chassis for one :-)
>
>--Chuck
>
>At 06:43 PM 4/19/01 -0700, you wrote:
>>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?
Received on Sun Apr 22 2001 - 17:23:38 BST