Well if we're all putting down markers, I have an 11/780 and /730; I'd love a /750 to round out the collection. I used to have one, back in mid 1990s it was one of the first machines I collected... Got it up and running VMS, then loaned it to a friend, forgot to ask for it back, lost touch with friend...
Mike On Jul 1, 2015 11:48 AM, "Peter Coghlan" <cct...@beyondthepale.ie> wrote: > william degnan wrote: > > > > I recently got a Microvax 3100 and a VAX 4000-200, very pleased with how > > easy they are to work with. I have had a lot more issues with > > Alpahservers. VAX/Aphas running one flavor or another of openVMS. > > > > I agree with Ian, think the 3100's are a good starter VAX. My 3100 > system > > has two SCSI external drives to beef it up. You get what you pay for, > try > > to find something in nice shape that works and pay a little extra. My > > opinion. > > Bill > > At one time, it was possible to get considerably more than you pay for. > I've > got several VAX 2000 / 3100 / 4000 systems. All were freebies / scrounged > / > rescue machines. A few have battery corrosion issues but most of them work > fine. Unfortunately, ebay, along with the sources drying up has probably > greatly reduced the likelyhood of anything like them turning up for free > now. > > If you do get something in this line, remove the battery and put up with > it not keeping time or boot settings when switched off. > > Regards. > Peter Coghlan. >