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Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM

From chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk>
Newsgroups comp.os.vms, comp.sys.dec
Subject Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM
Date 2025-12-05 16:22 +0000
Organization A noiseless patient Spider
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On 12/2/25 17:15, Dave McGuire wrote:
> On 12/1/25 08:10, Simon Clubley wrote:
>>>     Hi folks, I thought some here might be interested to hear that we at
>>> the Large Scale Systems Museum have gotten our VAX-11/780 to the point
>>> where it will boot VMS.  We fixed a list of hardware issues as long as
>>> my arm, but it runs, and it runs great.
>>>
>>
>> Congratulations.
> 
>    Thanks!
> 
>> BTW, how many sales reps have the local power company
>> assigned to you ?
> 
>    They used to send us christmas cards, now they send us fruit baskets.
> 
>    I wish I was kidding.
> 
>    Thank heaven for supportive donors. (we are a donor-funded 501(c)(3) 
> nonprofit)
> 
>             -Dave
> 

 From memory, around 6.9 Kilowatts, 3 phase, for just the cpu
and no peripherals or storage etc. Would make a great lab heater.

Chris

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  Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-12-02 12:15 -0500
    Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM chrisq <syseng@gfsys.co.uk> - 2025-12-05 16:22 +0000
      Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> - 2025-12-06 11:01 -0500

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