Re: Microvax 2000: used price?

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From: Vesa Halkka
Date: Sun, 27 Sep 1992 21:59

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In <1992Sep22.142356.1923@einoed.in-berlin.de> alh@einoed.in-berlin.de (Adrian Le Hanne) writes:

>Hello,

>someone offered to sell me a used Microvax 2000. What should one pay for
>such a beast and what are the typical configurations (HD, FD/tape, memory,
>serial ports, network, internal bus)?

Usually old VAXes are free.. because they are large and heavy and it is
expensive to get rid of them. 2000 is small enough to be put into
normal trashcans.. maybe you should pay DM50

>Also, how can i put such a cpu into an existing ethernet TCP/IP network 
>without spending (much) money? A serial slip connection would be ok, but 
>is such pd software available for VMS? (I probably need a TCP/IP package
>for the socket library/telnet/ftp etc.)

CMU packet is free.. and it even works.

>This cpu will only be used for playing around with VMS via terminals or
>probably a telnet connection (if possible).

That about all you can do with a MVAX 2000....

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Vesa Halkka                       -O___/ 
University of Helsinki CC:         (  /   	 vhalkka@helsinki.fi 
Centre for scientific computing:  ~~~~~  	 vhalkka@csc.fi

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From: vhalkka@klaava.Helsinki.FI (Vesa Halkka)
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Subject: Re: Microvax 2000: used price?
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