[Info-vax] VAX 6000 on Young Sheldon

[Arne Vajhøj]

On 2/3/2023 8:48 AM, Neil Rieck wrote:
> Don't know how many people here watch "Young Sheldon" which is a
> spinoff of "The Big Bang Theory". Anyway, last night we see Sheldon
> Cooper take delivery of a main frame in his dorm. What got rolled in
> was a VAX-6000-420 with three racks of disk storage. I guess Chuck
> Lorre and staff didn't know this was a mini (or perhaps they did but
> just liked the sound of Sheldon say "I need a mainframe")

Ah memories.

End of 80's I worked on a 6000-420. We could have 110 interactive
users on that system.

Arne