VT103 (was Re: Reviving DEC RX01 power supply)

[Allison]

>
>Subject: Re: VT103 (was Re: Reviving DEC RX01 power supply)
>   From: Roger Ivie <rivie at ridgenet.net>
>   Date: Mon, 10 Sep 2007 07:42:28 -0700 (PDT)
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic Posts Only" <cctech at classiccmp.org>
>
>On Mon, 10 Sep 2007, Dave McGuire wrote:
>> On Sep 9, 2007, at 5:54 PM, Roger Ivie wrote:
>>> 
>>> I knew a fellow who claimed to have build a MicroVAX II in a VT103. I
>>> never saw it and don't know the details, but I believed him. He was
>>> some sort of meta-service guy at DEC (i.e., he got called when the
>>> normal service guys couldn't figure it out) and I think the machine
>>> was on the DEC internal network.  IIRC (and I might not), his name was 
>>> Ozzie Perez and the node name was OZZIE::
>>
>> Are you sure that wasn't "Ernie"?  That sounds like something my old friend 
>> and mentor Ernie Perez might have tried.
>
>Pretty sure it was Ozzie.

The big problem with putting a MicroVAX in the VT103 is enough slots for 
memory and a disk interface. It's certainly doable and when you consider
some of the plans floated for 11/73s, why not uVAX.

Allison


>-- 
>roger ivie
>rivie at ridgenet.net