New to VAX (4000/200)

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Jochen Kunz wrote:
>> I thought the 4000-200 was designed to work in the BA123 or something 
>> similar. 
> The 4k2 CPU doesn't fit into a BA123 or BA23 because a connector on the
> front of the CPU card is too high and the slots in the BA123 / BA23 are
> to narrow. (Well, maybe it will fit if you mount it into the second
> slot. But this leaves only one Q/CD slot for memory in case of the
> BA23.) Usual for the 4k2 are the BA213 or BA215 "S-Box" style
> enclosures. (BA215 is about half a BA213.) The slot with is larger in
> the S-Boxes and there are special QBus cards with "S-Box handles".
> But there are a few 4k2 in BA440 boxes. I suppose DEC switched from
> BA213 to BA440 style boxes at the end of the 4k2 live time. 

BA213.  That's the one I misremembered.  I thought the 4200 came only in 
the BA213 and didn't fit in the BA440.  And I also thought the 4300 came 
only in the BA440 and didn't fit in the BA213.

Peace...  Sridhar