[Info-vax] Hopelessly Pathetic Hardware Parts

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2012-08-27 21:02:18 +0000, Bob Koehler said:

> In article 
> <3bb2bf32-a1fb-47cb-834f-74992ff861c1 at s2g2000vbj.googlegroups.com>, 
> Hans Vlems <hvlems at freenet.de> writes:
>> 
>> JF, that's what I had in mind while posting the question LOL.
>> It may even been possible, provided the VAX 9000 had some form of
>> support for the BI bus.
> 
>    Not necessary.  In keepin up with the tradition of using obsolete
>    computers as consoles, there were supposed to be two MicrVAX II
>    inside a 9000.
> 
>    And we know there a Qbus graphics adapters.

Polarstar (VAX 8820, VAX 8830, VAX 8840) had a MicroVAX II BA23 with 
the M7553 as the console.

Aquarius (VAX 9000) had a BI-based Service Processor Unit (SPU), which 
did have a DECchip 78032 VAX chip, but the SPU console definitely 
wasn't a Q-bus MicroVAX II box.

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/9000/EK-9000C-CD-001_VAX_9000_Console_Command_Description_May90.pdf 

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/9000/EK-9000S-SI-001_VAX_9000_System_Introduction_May90.pdf 

http://www.dtjcd.vmsresource.org.uk/pdfs/dtj_v02-04_1990.pdf

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