At 08:09 PM 11/2/99 , you wrote:
>Uh... I was wondering again... Should I ask something like
>this, or would it be better to forget the whole thing..? [ this posting
>has been rated PG...:-) ]
>
>Did someone ever dismantled a KA630 CPU board to see if the legendary
>russian sign ("VAX - If you care to steal the best") is there? I
>just bombed a dead one (a KA630 that is), but I didn't find it...
>Since it's the "new" revision of the PCB, is there someone with an
>old KA630 out there, who just happens to be in a destroying mood?
>I tried the chips 78032 and 78132 (21-20887-05 and 21-22797-01),
>without success... Where should it be anyway? On the ceramic
>carrier? The die? Or is it just a hoax?
>(I know this sounds stupid, but KA630's just die sometimes, and
>you can't do much about them...)

It's not on the KA630, it's on the CVAX die so without taking apart
the chip and a magnifying glass and a knowledge of Russian, you won't
be able to verify it.


>And another question... I found a couple of XMI boards, but I cannot
>identify them (is there a "field guide for XMI modules"?:). They're
>labeled "T2011" and "T2022" (the latter is a two-board set, connected
>by ribbon cable). Heeeelp me :-)

I think that's a cpu-set for the DECsystem 58x0.  It would be interesting
to have.
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