[Info-vax] What "VAX" was this ...

[ralph]

On Thu, 24 Oct 2013 18:16:09 -0700 (PDT), abrsvc
<dansabrservices at yahoo.com> wrote:

>This was not a specific VAX to my knowledge.  The "console" may have
> been a monitor/keyboard combination connected to the console port of a
> larger VAX system.  An 8600/8650 or 8800 series comes to mind.
> It is also possible that the monitor was connected to a DZ11 module 
>(Unibus terminal lines) and the printer was infact the console. 
> I have seen many LA120 printers used this way.
>
>There is not enough uniue about this system to make a determination 
>of the model.  Any more details about its appearance?  Size?  Etc.?
>

Thanks for replying. Those 8xxx numbers seem familiar. 

It was bone. Had what I remember was a "large" monitor - but back then
that probably meant 14"-16". <g>

Racking my poor brain for more details. Surprised I remember so
little, as the contract itself was a major milestone for me, my first
long-term serious money project. I sat in that cold room bundled with
watch cap, scarf, and parka staring at that thing for 6-months. <g>

I was a C/UNIX programmer meeting VMS for the first time, and
engineers armed with HP calculator with prototype programs.
Someone in management decided it had to be written in C. The VMS
programmers would barely speak to me. A flow lines monitoring project
in a processing plant - had a devil of a time trying to convince them
that catching 0.00005 of a barrel was probably not worth doing. <g>

Anyway, thanks again for replying.

-ralph