On Mon, 2 Mar 1998, Andy Sporner wrote:

> Hello Group,

Hi!

> I am anticipating getting into a situation where I will have some space
> for a "real" piece of Iron (VAX that is).  What I don't know is what is
> out there that is:
> 
>         1.  Cheap enough (haul it away or otherwise).
>         2.  Runs Net/BSD VAX (obviously).
>         3.  Has a reasonable amount of power to be interesting (~10
> VUPS).
> 
> Electrical power most likely is not going to be a restriction to my
> consideration.
> 
> Suggestions?

A VAX9000! Of course they can be a little hard to find, and they're a
little big, but they're sure faster than 10 VUPs.. But if you really have
the electrical power (and space) to run one, I think it'd make us all
happy. There was one mentioned on the list just a week or two ago.

Oscar

PS. I had the opportunity to get a microvax II, but didn't get it due to
space considerations :(

PS again. It had 3 full-height disks

PS 3. *sob*