[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

Dennis Boone drb at ihatespam.msu.edu
Sat Jan 19 00:37:01 EST 2013


 > It doesn't plug into a Q-bus backplane.  It's a Storageworks brick.  
 > Years back, when I still had hope for this machine, I looked up Q-bus 
 > SCSI controllers.  The price I was quoted was something around $4K.  
 > That was two orders of magnitude more than I'm willing to spend for 
 > this.  Now it's three orders of magnitude more than I'm willing to spend 
 > for this.  Soon, $1 will be more than I'm willing to spend for this.

Q-Bus SCSI controllers can be had for $300-400.

 > Anyone want a VAX 4000m500A for the cost of packing and shipping?

Where?

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