Its going to be interesting for sure. I am currently running some better power
into the shop. The requirements for the 6000 is 3 phase. I just finished
reassembling the power inlet box and I'm pretty sure it will run fine on 2
phases. I had to trace the right phases to energize the contactor and power the
convenience outlets. I really want to find some engineering drawings for it.
The drawings on bitsavers helped a lot but some parts are blurry and unreadable.
I love the big iron. I had no choice at the time but I regret getting rid of my
780. I contacted the guy who has it now recently and after 7 years he's getting
ready to start work on it.
I actually think I have some 4000 parts in the archives somewhere.Let me know
if you get one.
I really wish there was a hobby emulator for the 6000. The Charon emulator
looks pretty robust but commercial only.
On Tuesday, July 13, 2021, 8:38:43 PM EDT, Zane Healy
<[email protected]> wrote:
On Jul 13, 2021, at 10:33 AM, Brian Roth via cctalk <[email protected]>
wrote:
>
> Started work on putting together a couple of VAX6000. 4x0 and 5x0. Looking
> for spare XMI, VAXBI, Cab kits DSSI,Ethernet,CI, Storage arrays, spare
> regulators etc. Will travel the Northeast for larger items.Also Engineering
> drawings as the ones on Bitsavers are really hard to read.
> Thanks,Brian.
I’m impressed! What are the power requirements? I’ve only ever seen one VAX
6000 it was in a Datacenter I had hardware in 20 years ago.
I’ve recently become interested in getting a VAX 4000, though I keep trying to
convince myself it would be crazy.
Zane
