[HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined

[Steve Davidson]

DSSI!   Brian,   excuse me, but you're nuts :-)

-Steve 

-----Original Message-----
From: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE [mailto:owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE] On
Behalf Of Brian Hechinger
Sent: Wednesday, December 21, 2011 10:40 PM
To: hecnet at Update.UU.SE
Subject: Re: [HECnet] Multinet Tunnel Links defined

I've got 4x VLC motherboards. I should really rig up some power for
then.

How is IO on the cf card? I've got a system here that might turn into a
dedicated simh box and I'd love to use a cf card in it.

Hmm, it might also be time to resurrect that old laptop as well.

Dammit! See what you've all gone and done? Not only am I looking for
machines to run simh on I've started looking for some dssi cables so I
can rebuild my VAX 4000/500 cluster!!

-brian

On Dec 21, 2011, at 22:22, "Bob Armstrong" <bob at jfcl.com> wrote:

If I remember correctly, LEGATO is the same platform for the exact
purpose.


It used to be.   I believe the VLC is the lowest power VAX ever made
(and
I'm sure I'll be corrected if I'm wrong :-), but including one SCSI
hard
disk it still uses 60-70W.   It's not much, but running 24x7 it adds
up.

LEGATO is now a simh emulation on an eBox-3300.   It's about as fast
as the
VLC, and uses 5W.   Yes, five watts, and that includes the CF card that
serves as the emulated VAX disk drive.   

It makes me feel like I'm cheating somehow, not running a real VAX,
but
the power difference is hard to ignore.

Bob