VAXstation 4000's such as the 60 and 90 are nice compact last generation desktop VAX with modest power requirements, small form factor, good compatibility and relatively good performance. The 60 runs at around 12 VUPS and the 90 at 40 VUPs IIRC.

However, I would have thought that a modern Core i7 system running SIMH would be getting close to a VAXstation 4000/60, and there is always VAX MP if you want to go down the multiprocessor route (you can run a 7 core VAX system on a Core i7 for example). For compilation it should be relatively easy to create a build script that makes use of multiple processors (does the DEC CMS build tool cater for this?)

Kind regards, Mark.

On 21/02/16 15:36, Ben Sinclair wrote:
I was just looking up VAXstations the other day on eBay. I checked
again now for 4000's, and the prices seem crazy. Is there something
particularly special about them, or is it just the usual eBay
craziness?

On Sun, Feb 21, 2016 at 9:29 AM, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote:
On 21 February 2016 at 16:27, Liam Proven <lpro...@gmail.com> wrote:
I have a VAXstation 4000 going spare. It's currently at Red Hat's
offices in Farnborough. More details on request (if I can find them!)

It's a 4000/60, I'm afraid it's untested, and Farnborough is just
outside London England.

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