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>Now I want to find out what it does.  The main box says it is Model:
>VSXXX-CA, there is no label on the front, just a rocker power switch.  The
>box is 8cm (3 in) high and each side is about 35cm(13 in).  The box is
>obviously designed to have a monitor pla 
>
>This separate box is a VSXXX-DA, the copyright says 1978.  It has 2 rows
>with 4 dials on each row.  Above each dial is a 4-digit LED display that
>counts from 0 to 4096, when the corresponding knob is turned.  I might add,
>these are some smooth turning dia 

Sounds like the dials and knobs stuff for the VAXstation 8000.

Roger Ivie
ivie@cc.usu.edu