On 10/10/17 14:26, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
It's a VAXstation II/RC backplane, it was sold cheaper and crippled by DEC to
prevent adding more cards to it. That was my first VAX, and I think I still
have mine.
Zane
The /RC was (apparently) for "Reduced Connectivity" or some such.
The smarter customers noticed that they could save a good chunk of cash
by ordering a VS2/RC and then separately ordering a replacement backplane.
DEC noticed that one quite quickly!
An enterprising company here in Oxford was offering to (somehow)
dissolve out the glue ... I don't know of anyone who took them up on
this though.
Antonio
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Antonio Carlini
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