free for pickup: VAX 11/750

[Dave McGuire]

On Sep 7, 2007, at 9:44 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote:
>>> My 11/750 measures 29" W x 31" D x 41.5" H.
>>
>> That's just the CPU--if there is a complete installation with extra
>> cabinets for disk/tape drives (not atypical), it could get to be a
>> bit bigger :).
>
> A typical installation did have more than the CPU cabinet (the one I
> ran for a decade had the CPU plus an H960 plus a TU-80 cab),

   The 11/750 one I adminned from 1991-1993 consisted of the CPU  
cabinet, a TU80 cabinet with an RA60 in the bottom, and two CDC 9762  
drives (CDC-labeled, not RM02s) connected via an Emulex controller.

> but in
> this era, you can throw enough cards to be useful (disk, ethernet,
> serial, printer...) in the internal DD-11DK _plus_ a smallish disk
> right in the CPU cab.

   That sure would be nice! :-)

         -Dave

-- 
Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Farewell Ophelia, 9/22/1991 - 7/25/2007