On May 11, Vance Dereksen wrote:
> Is it possible to do weird stuff like building a VAX 8800 on the VAXBI
> backplane of the XMI/VAXBI VAX 6000?  Or even weirder stuff than that like
> building a VAX 6000 on the XMI hose connection of an AlphaServer 8400?  Or
> stuff like mixing MIPS, Alpha, and VAX CPU cards in one machine?

  First of all...the VAX 8800 (which is two 8700 CPU sets in one box)
isn't all BI.  Its I/O bus is BI, but the processor itself is about a
dozen VERY LARGE boards in a processor-specific backplane.

  As you may recall, I have an 8700 here in the warehouse.  Next time
you're in the area, we can wheel it out and go over its guts.  It's a
beautiful piece of engineering.


           -Dave McGuire