Den 2016-04-09 kl. 17:01, skrev Johnny Billquist:
On 2016-03-30 19:45, Dave McGuire wrote:On 03/30/2016 09:17 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:And I suspect I might be the only remaining person keeping an 8650 aliveand running, so I can understand if it's not the default target, but please keep it as an option to target these older machines as well. (I have all instructions implemented in the hardware... :-) )On this note, if you point me toward an 8650 (or any other large VAX) I'll happily grab it and run it, at least periodically, at the Large Scale Systems Museum. B-)"Grab" is not a word I would use in the context of an 8650... :-)Probably around 500 kilos or so, and a couple of large cabinets. It requires 3 phase power, and the power system differs between US and European models.That said, it's a fun machine. And we have a second one, but that one have a few faulty power supplies...
We managed to "burn" an 8650 once :-/The cooling fans were run by 3-phase motors, and one we started had the wrong order of the phases in the 3-phase plug, which caused the fans to spin in the wrong direction. It didn't take too many seconds before the machine were overheated :-/
IIRC it was a card with ECL logic that failed. We managed to get a new one. -- Ragge