On October 28, you wrote:
> The physical size isn't too important to me... what would be more important 
> to me would be the power draw.  Also the usability.  If I am going to get
> no more use from an 11/750 than my 11/730, then there is no point in
> bothering looking for something diffrent.  If I can however use some of the
> components I have and end up with a machine that I can not only learn on,
> but put to some kind of use, then it would be worth the trouble to me.
> Though all in all, I have no clue what I will do with one.  Anyone got a
> good suggestion?

  Well, if you can support such a machine, I and the rest of the
VAX-loving community would be very pleased to see a good machine saved
from the gold scrappers.  They're good machines with lots of
personality.

> >  NetBSD/vax does *not* support the 11/730.  Period.  The 11/750 cpu
> >is very, very different from the '730.  There may, however, be support
> >for the '730 in the future.
> 
> You mentioned earlier that there might be enough people out there with
> '730s to create interest in a port.  Is this a guess or is there some more
> info you can share with us?

  I don't think I was the person who mentioned that.  But, if enough
people *do* get interested, and someone has the time to work on it,
I'm sure it's possible.


                          -Dave McGuire
                           mcguire@neurotica.com