New Toy - VAX 4000-710

From: Antonio Carlini <Antonio.Carlini_at_riverstonenet.com>
Date: Wed May 1 16:07:52 2002

> I would have thought it was an Alpha
> box, but unless the sun was in my eyes, it says "VAX 4000" on one
> name plate on one end, and "Model 710" on a name plate on the other
> end.

I think the sun was in your eyes (or someone has
been playing with labels). It might be a VAX 4000-700A
or a VAX 4000-705A or it might indeed be an Alpha:
a DEC 4000-710 (this was the Fang, a follow on to
the DEC 4000-610, the Cobra). You can add a
second CPU to obtain a 4000-720 (similarly you can
get a 4000-620).

> It's still in the back of my station wagon, so I haven't even
> fired it up. From the stickers on the devices, it's running UNIX
> (/dev/whatever on all the disks and tape drives).

It's almost certainly a DEC 4000-710 (which is
probably a win: they are rarer than VAX 4000-70x
machines IMHO). I don't think Ultrix ever ran
on the VAX 4000 machines.

> I bought it without powering it on because a) I wanted the TSZ07 and
> it was cheaper than the shipping alone, and b) they don't have
> a 20A plug at the surplus barn (the one with the blades like (- |)
> not the usual (| |) for a 15A plug).

Sounds to me like you won big time here :-)

Antonio
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 16:07:52 BST