At 13:26 11.3.2001 +0100, roart@nvg.ntnu.no wrote:
>> >>> 8.  How much might a VAX cost?
>> >>
>> >>In 1987 DEC achieved their 1 to 1000 goal:
>> >>$5000 for the cheapest (the 2000) model, and
>> >Are you now talking about the _VAXstation 2000_ or the _MicroVAX 2000_?
>> Oops, I forgot the ()'s                          ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>
>The VAXstation 2000. (The 20th anniversary vmsbook.pdf, page 31)
>MicroVAX 2000 would probably not cost much more/less, but licensing would be
>another matter.
They're basically the same machine, the difference is in the placement of
_one jumper_... and of course the MicroVAX also has a little box in its
behind, so there are DEC-423 ports available (instead of the VAXstation2000
(on which the MicroVAX2000 is based) kind of console and serial ports) .
 
>The 20th anniversary book found at
>http://www.openvms.compaq.com/openvms/20th/
>would probably be a sufficient source, too.
I have that one too. The 2000 line were, by the way, the most successful
VAX models ever made. Usually they had RD54 drives and a TK50Z-F3 tape
drive (external due to the small size of the chassis).

By the way, does the TK50Z-F3 usually have an ID switch? I can't find one
on mine. 

>-- 
>-Roar

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