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From: rupert@lion.inmos.co.uk (Rupert Pigott)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: VAX-11/785 bits (anyone getting rid of some ?)
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Date: 28 Jun 91 17:47:24 GMT
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Hi folks !
         Me again...
                    Thank you to those who have replied to my earlier posting,
I now have a request for bits from UK (Mainland) VAX sites.

I have been luck enough to obtain a VAX-11/785 (which works - and consumes a
modest amount of power).

I really intend to treat this machine as a kind of "home-computer", something
to "learn" and by which I can get valuable VAX experience. My primary passions
in the computing field are Graphics and Operating Systems / Compilers. To mess
about in these fields huge amounts of storage capacity are required, I already
have a pair of RM03's but they are too small to do anything serious.

I would like to know if anyone out there can offer me some out of date /
unsupported kit which is reliable and not too difficult to maintain -
something along the lines of an RA81 rack with suitable controllers.
Also I need a "cenetronics" type printer interface and, if such a beast exists
some kind of Visualisation Kit (Graphic controller).

I will arrange collection.