Re: 8650s, was Re: Some more patches for GCC on NetBSD/VAX coming soon...

[Dave McGuire <mcguire%neurotica.com@localhost>]

On 04/10/2016 06:24 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
>>>>     On this note, if you point me toward an 8650 (or any other large
>>>> VAX)
>>>> I'll happily grab it and run it, at least periodically, at the Large
>>>> Scale Systems Museum. B-)
>>>
>>> "Grab" is not a word I would use in the context of an 8650... :-)
>>> Probably around 500 kilos or so, and a couple of large cabinets. It
>>> requires 3 phase power, and the power system differs between US and
>>> European models.
>>
>>    It wouldn't be anywhere near the heaviest computer here. ;)
> 
> Fair enough. I still would not "grab" it. A truck with a lift is a
> requirement. And essentially a flat floor to roll the thing along.

  Yes.  Thank you Johnny, but please, I am not new at this.

                -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
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