Subject: Re: Big VAXen
To: Matt Thomas <matt@3am-software.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/25/1999 19:21:11
On Sat, 25 Sep 1999, Matt Thomas wrote:
>There's currently a VAX 6200 (actually a 6400) on Ebay. It's in
>Hayward, CA so its local to me. If the my bid succeeds, someone
>has already promised a home for it and so I will donate it to
>the NetBSD foundation for NetBSD/vax development. I have a fond-
>ness for XMI machines. Of all the VAXen, there are the "cleanest"
>IMO. And if we can get a MIPS XMI board set, then maybe 5800
>support could be written as well.
I have a 5800. I am willing to loan its boards to such an effort.
I just looked at the 6200 on eBay. That's a *big* system! :-)
-Dave McGuire