"arno@usn.nl" "Arno Griffioen" wrote:

>Wow! A 9000!
>
>Talk about some serious metal! Would make quite a decent NetBSD
>compile platform I guess :-)
>
>Any NetBSD support for such a beast? I doubt it, but who knows ;-)

I'm sure support would follow if anyone had such a beast ... not that many were 
made (I have no official figure but I did see a post that claimed 400 or 500 or 
so).

>I'm afraid even if I could get my grubby paws on one I wouldn't
>be able to get it into our attic. The 3600 and RA82 was heavy enough ;-)

Speak not of mere toys:

The smallest VAX 9000-210 (with integrated power front end) comes in at:

SCU: 1.5m H x 0.67m W 0.76m D 335kg 4.4kW
CPU: 1.5m H x 0.91m W 0.76m D 360kg 4.9kW
I/O: 1.5m H x 0.91m W 0.76m D 510kg 2.2kW

If you use a UPC then the I/O cab weighs a mere 364kg but you need to find space 
in the attic for:

UPC: 1.5m H x 1.16m W x 0.76m D 612kg 1.1kW (but I/O cab drops to 1.8kW)

And if you want a VAXBI cabinet you had better allow for:

VAXBI:  1.5m H x 0.76m W x 0.76m D

Now if it happens to be a VAX 9000-400 series then the cabs are all 1.83m high 
and you need these cabs:

VAX 9000-410/420: SCU + CPU + I/O + UPC
VAX 9000-430/440: SCU + CPU + CPU + I/O + I/O + UPC + UPC

The weights vary according to how many CPUs are in each  cab etc but it looks to 
me like a VAX 9000-440 weighs in at 3626kg and sucks up 36.6kW or so. More if 
you need a VAXBI cab or two hung off there.

> Oh well. I can dream.. One day, one day! 


Antonio

Antonio Carlini                            Mail: carlini@marvin.enet.dec.com
DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Engineering
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