Roger Ivie <IVIE@cc.usu.edu> wrote:
>
> Yes, this is a pipe dream. DEC has manufactured all of the NV5s that are
> ever going to be manufactured and has stockpiled them for their use. They
> are unwilling to sell them and, when they do, the price is outrageous
> (consider that every chip they sell you is one less high-margin VAX
> they can build). It is simply not cost-effective.

http://www.digital.com/DAHOME/das044hm.htm:
E2059-AA  LASER XENON MODULE,NV-5,HEX=1      $7,205.00

Is this the right one?  I thought the NVAX5 was
codenamed "Krypton", not "Xenon"...