I'm quite certain it isn't a 4000-200. The CPU-panel on the -200 looks
very different from the one in the picture, and is only 2 "modules" wide.

Anders

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On Sun, 25 Jan 2004, Antonio Carlini wrote:

> > Can anyone identify this beast?
> >
> > Might be worth saving for $50...
> Based on the picture it's a VAX 4000 machine, but it could
> be *any* of the -300, -400,-500,-600 or -70x variants. To know
> which, you'd have to either boot and look at the console
> or peek inside.
>
> There seem to be a few CXY08s (RS232 comms lines) and an
> extra ethernet adapter, plus something else. I'm not
> convinced they have the part numbers in the right order.
>
> Well worth $50 I would have thought (assuming you can
> pick it up).
>
> If it turns out to be the VAX 4000-300 (the first and
> slowest of the range, but still a neat beast) you can
> upgrade to the later ones by swapping memory and cpu,
> as long as the backplane is late enough (depends on
> the serial number, which you can find on the net somewhere).
>
> There is a slight possibility that this is a VAX 4000-200
> in one of the BA4xx boxes, but I don't think that's the
> case here because of the CPU panel. I think the VAX 4000-200
> one was different, but I never saw one up close, so
> I cannot be absolutley sure.
>
> Antonio
>
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