[Info-vax] Unix on A DEC Vax?

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In article <howard-1D1E92.20424318012013 at c-131-121-196-216.gonavy.usna.edu>, Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> writes:
>In article <kdcr6g$ib$1 at speranza.aioe.org>,
> glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
>
>> Howard S Shubs <howard at shubs.net> wrote:
>> > In article <kdcp77$sir$2 at speranza.aioe.org>,
>> > glen herrmannsfeldt <gah at ugcs.caltech.edu> wrote:
>>  
>> > I looked that up.  THe HSD05 I find on eBay is a StorageWorks brick.  
>> > Not helpful.  
>> 
>> So what does, or doesn't, it do?
>
>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.
>
>Anyone want a VAX 4000m500A for the cost of packing and shipping?

>From where?

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