[HECnet] Haul of DEC gear

[Mark Wickens]

On 05/07/11 16:39, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:31 AM, Mark Wickens<mark at wickensonline.co.uk>   wrote:
On 05/07/11 16:28, Gregg Levine wrote:
On Tue, Jul 5, 2011 at 11:20 AM, Johnny Billquist<bqt at softjar.se>       wrote:
On 07/05/11 17:04, Mark Wickens wrote:
Met up with Colin Butcher of X-Delta last night in Manchester to obtain
a BA356 and some 36GB SBBs - he also gave me a couple of boxes of SCSI
cables and Option cards, including SCSI and fibre-channel cards,
HVD->LVD converts, BA rack personality modules, BA power supplies some
CPUs (ES40 I think). A box of DEC option catalogs, a load of DEC
Technical Journals, some old DEC related technical documentation
(including some really nice marketing material for VAXstations and
VAXes). I will try and get some of the nicer documentation scanned.

I have yet to sort through everything, may take a while, but if anyone
has any specific requests I will take those on board once I've cataloged
everything.

He wants stuff to go to a good home, and I said I would oblige if
possible for the bits I don't need or can't use.

Regards, Mark.
There wouldn't happen to be any video cables for a VAXstation 4000/90 in
there?

              Johnny


Hello!
Or how about anything concerning a DEC Terminal Server Model 90L+?
Plus those MMJ cables they use.

I have a couple of 90L+ terminal servers kicking around somewhere...

Hello!
Okay. Are they wearing that difficult to find frame that the
documentation mentions? And are they doing anything important where
you are? We can discuss specifics later.

They are sat in a box in the garage, I have quite a few actually - the difficult part is taking the time to determine which work and which don't (there are definitely some non-functional ones).

I make my own power adapter for them, and use them singly. I now have two 90Ms that server all my needs when it comes to terminals and printers.

Regards, Mark.