there never was a Vax 4000-710. What you have here is an ALPHA 4000/710.
Nice system. has the infamous Futurebus. Have been wanting to add one to
the collection for a while, but never found one close enough to avoid
shipping it...
It most likely ran DEC OSF/1 for Alpha, or Digital Unix, or TRU64 Unix.
Ethan Dicks wrote:
> Just dropped by the Uni Surplus for their grand unveiling... Open one
> day a week now, with inventory soon to appear on the web.
>
> Got a PowerMac 7200/90 for $10, just to get cables and accessories
> with it (needed a AV adapter for my 6100/60av). Also got a nice
> Barco monitor, c. 1989. Will go great with an old Amiga.
>
> The big win, though, was a fully loaded (SCSI drives, 4 x MS440
> and TSZ07) VAX 4000-710. 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. 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).
>
> 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).
>
> I only found a few hits for it while googling. Any good resources for
> a box that new? I figure I'll get it home, stick a VT220 on it and
> go from there. Yes, I have MMJ cables to plug into the console port.
>
> If I decide to keep it, I'll want to think about OpenVMS on it. There's
> nothing magical about modern DEC Unix that makes it special to me. If
> I want Unix, I'll go with *BSD or Solaris on beefy hardware. Ultrix
> only in special cases.
>
> -ethan
>
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David Barnes
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OpenVMS , Tru64, Netbsd, Linux guru
and collector of DEC equipment
Received on Wed May 01 2002 - 19:29:45 BST