<instead of a 21064. not very vaxlike machines. the 9000 i dont know much 
<about. theyre very odd machines, and extremely rare. One is goign on sale 
<at ebay right now, though. only like 500 of them were ever made. Theyre 
<evidently damn cool though. 

VAX 9000-400 (4cpu), one from the ZK facility was something to see. Biggest 
non all on a chip vax made.  All ECL, special modules and build for SPEED 
with all the other vax IO wrapped around it.  The Pro380 (small J11 based) 
was the console and envronmental control.  All that ECL logic ate serious 
power and produced a LOT of heat, if the fans failed and the machine didn't 
shut down it melted literally.  One was cooked when the 3phase power was 
reversed and the fans were backward.  The FE crowbared the environmental
as it kept shutting down tha the blowers were going (backward). Smoke one!

FYI: the power connector was a special unit and was easily thicker than
most arms I've seen.  

The only thing that impressed me more was the KA10!


Allison