Subject: Re: New guy...
To: linc <linc@thelinuxlink.net>
From: Lord Isildur <mrfusion@umbar.vaxpower.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/24/2001 12:30:05
ah, TK50s! check them out the window! I have boxes of TK50s, for the 
price of shipping ill gladly send some your way. i think theyre useless. 
the drives constantly break down. i back up my VAXen onto DAT. 

isildur

On Thu, 24 May 2001, linc wrote:

> I am about to get my first big vax MVII/GPX in a week.  I got a list of
> what's in it and I was wondering if any of you could tell me a little
> about it..  It's got:
> M7620-AA, M7621-AH, M7621-AP, M7546, M3106, M7516-YM, M7555, M7169, 2X
> M7168.
> I know the 7169 & 8's are the GPX, the 7621's are 8mb ram each, the 7555
> is the MFM controller...  I was wondering how good/fast a cpu is the
> 7620-AA, if anyone knew abou the 3106 (4 line serial mux?), and what
> exactly the "turbo" is supposed to be on the 7516-YM (qbus to ethernet
> turbo module MVII)..
> I also was wondering if anyone knows where I can get and how much more
> memory I can put in this, and if there is anyone out there with a spare
> front panel for one of these (BA123-A? enclosure).
> One last thing - is there some nice person on the list that could perhaps
> make me a current netbsd install tape on a TK50?  Please?? :-)
> Anyone know where I might be able to obtain a couple TK50's?
> 
> -Linc Fessenden
> 
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