>Doc Shipley wrote:
> > On Wed, 11 Dec 2002, Tony Duell wrote:
> > > Here's a special project for you, Tony:
> > > http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2079939801
> > Since I don't currently have a couple of years free, could someone please
> > describe this lot. I assume from the description below that it's a Qbus
> > PDP11 or MicroVAx in some terrible state...
> BA23, looks like somebody drove a bobtail (lorry, to you) over it.
> The card cage is crushed. I'd be literally afraid to approach it with
> a power cord, much less hit the switch.
Jerome Fine replies:
Looks more like at least a semi-trailer or perhaps a tank
drove over it. I have enough BA23 boxes and they could
easily have a truck drive over without almost any damage
at all. Most likely, something VERY HEAVY actually
fell on top - maybe a heavy rack of some kind that crushed
the starboard side (right hand side when standing at the back
of the BA23 box) initially and then continued to around the
middle of the BA23 at about 1/3 of the way from the stern.
There seems to be only 5 boards including an:
M8189-Bx 11/23 PLUS
M7551-AP Probably memory
MR 377 something ????
M7957 Is this a DZV11?
M8639 Probably RQDX1 since the other photos seem to
show and RD51/RX50
The cabinet kits show the two DB25s for the CPU
4 DB25s for the DZV11??
2 other cabinet kits for the third board.
I can't see how the boards (all quads) escaped being damaged
from both the crushing and the power on?
Since I have more empty (without even a power supply) BA23
boxes than I can use, there seems NO point in attempting to
repair the backplane/card cage. The RD51 might have escaped
damage due to the vertical bulkhead between the drive and the
crushed area near the stern.
Any one want to pick up a couple of empty BA23 boxes in Toronto?
Sincerely yours,
Jerome Fine
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Received on Tue Dec 10 2002 - 20:15:01 GMT