On Thu, 4 Nov 1999, Lord Isildur wrote:

> this is one of the absolute awesomest VAXen ever made. however, it will
> suck down 30 kilowatts and has special blowers and such which MUST always 
> run or the mahcine will promptly burn up (no joke). the whole thing is a 
> huge pile of custom ECL and is the fastest VAX ever made. something like
> 100 VUPS or thereabouts. if it would fit in my house (it it would even 
> fit inthe front door much less down the steps to the basement) and if it 
> wasnt all the way in Texas, i'd take it in no time. (alas, shipping alone 
> would cost about $2000 to where i live!)
> To run it, though, you'll need three-phase power (240V) and an ability
> to feed about 120 or 130 ** amps ** through that line. 
> but just to have it would be AWESOME. 
> only a few hundred of these were ever made. 
> If the VAX6000 is supported, then support for the 9000 will not be too 
> difficult. 
> dont be fooled folks, this is a BIG machine. it weighs over five tons. 
> but it is AWESOME. 

Hmm...  Corpus Christi is only a few hours drive from Houston and we have
plenty of pickup trucks in Texas.  (I could probably wrangle a bobtail
with a liftgate since it's FIVE TONS.)  But I don't know where I'd put it
or how I'd power it.

Care to speculate on what his reserve might be?

- Greg