[rescue] argh, what did I do? (Onyx)

[vance at neurotica.com]

On Wed, 15 Jan 2003, Jochen Kunz wrote:

> On 2003.01.15 21:34 vance at neurotica.com wrote:
>
> > > Hmm. Isn't there a VAX that uses three phase motors for the blowers?
> > Is it the 11/780?
> Don't know. Maybe the 8600? Don't you own a 8600? Or was it a 8800?

I have an 8700.  I could use an extra CPU.  Then it would be an 8800.
8-) I don't know what kind of blower it has.

> > I just fed split-phase to two of the lives (and neutral to the
> > neutral) to my DECsystem 5840, and it worked without any
> >  monkey-business.
>
> DECsystem 5840? That VAX 6000 thing with MIPS CPU?  (It is too much VAX
> to be called "PMAX". ;-) ) Maybe the trick is just to feed the right two
> lives. --

Yeah.  That thing.  It does run Ultrix as its native OS.  But it's largely
VAX-architecture.  I wonder how much alike the VAXstation 3100 is to the
DECstation 3100?

Peace...  Sridhar