DEC 9642 enclosure?

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Thu Nov 1 16:23:37 2001

At 01:04 AM 11/1/01, Bill Bradford wrote:
>Anybody know what a DEC H9642 enclosure looks like or how big? The
>NetBSD hardware reference says its two BA23s... but I need to know if
>I can fit it into the back of a Kia Sportage. Pictures, anyone?

If I'm not mistaken you mean the H9644 chassis. Look here:
<http://www.home.mcmanis.com/vaxes.html> and see that brute in the back?
Yup that is a H9644 with a MicroVAX 3800 in it. You're probably looking at
dual BA23's, and two RA80s.

It will not fit "in" a Kia Sportage, however you could probably *make* a
Kia Sportage out of its metal pieces :-) System weight is in the
neighborhood of 500 to 600 lbs. Fortunately you can de-rack it and get that
into 200 lb pieces. (RA81s)

>Given that, anybody want one (its a MicroVAX II) in the Austin area?

followed by

>Free, you just have to come pick it up. I'm being given this as a "gotta
>take this too" in addition to a PDP 11/53... and I dont have room for it
>in the garage, nor do I have time to mess with it right now...

Sigh, its too bad that these systems will end up stranded. Strangely, if
there were a SCSI interface in it there would be people clamoring for it
:-) Its all in how you look at it. I discovered that you can answer "yes"
to all offers to give you stuff, then start up a incoming stream and
produce a fairly complete/nice collection out of it.

--Chuck
Received on Thu Nov 01 2001 - 16:23:37 GMT

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