[rescue] pursuing a VAX

[Bill Bradford]

On Mon, Dec 09, 2002 at 10:23:09AM -0500, James wrote:
> I have found a VAX 6000/610 in a state of decommissioning at a datacenter 
> my company uses.  I believe it belongs to a large medical group. To rescue 
> this single cabinet unit I would have to dig deep to find a responsible 
> party. Before I do this I was wondering if anyone could give me a rough 
> description of this flavor of VAX and where it fits on the VAX desirability 
> scale. If I pass on it, it is located in Medford, Massachusetts and I might 
> be able to provide leads as to its owners.

I had a VAX 6K a year or so ago; never got three-phase power wired up or
found the two-phase 240V mod for the power supply; sold it for $100 to 
someone brave enough to show up with a pickup truck and five friends to
load it..

Bill

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bill bradford
mrbill at mrbill.net
austin, texas