[rescue] VAX door key

[Robert Darlington]

Were they used for anything but the VAX 6000 series?  I honestly don't
recall if any of my uVAX 3700's and 3500's used any kind of key although I
seem to remember a plastic key for something.   Too many years since I've
looked at that stuff.

-Bob

On Fri, Jun 10, 2011 at 3:44 PM, Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:

> > -----Original Message-----
> > From: rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org [mailto:rescue-bounces at sunhelp.org]
> > On Behalf Of Robert Darlington
> > Sent: Friday, June 10, 2011 12:28 PM
> > To: The Rescue List
> > Subject: [rescue] VAX door key
> >
> > Hi guys,
> >
> > I found a spiffy little trinket in a cabinet in the back of a very old
> > server room that hasn't been used in several years.   It's a nickel
> plated
> > metal key (possibly brass inside) with the "digital' logo on one side,
> and
> a
> > part number on the back.   It's not really much more than a hex or Allen
> key
> > but it's in the shape of a typical door key.   Searching the part number
> I
> > find this page and several like it:
> >
> > http://www.buy.com/prod/dec-12-26339-01-vax-6000-door-
> > key/q/loc/101/208962617.html
> >
> > Why the steep price?
> >
>
> Because some people are greedy and assume others are stupid.  Yes, it's a
> standard hex key.  While they certainly don't make them anymore, that
> doesn't
> mean they are unobtanium or particularly valuable.
>
> Of course, I do have one - for my VAX 6000-660 (in my personal collection,
> not
> LCM, although the LCM's VAX-11s use them, too).  :-)  But I don't see any
> reason why anyone would pay more than a nominal amount for one.  Someone's
> dreamin'.....  -- Ian
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