Path: csiph.com!x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net!usenet.pasdenom.info!news.dougwise.org!gegeweb.org!newsfeed.kamp.net!newsfeed.kamp.net!fu-berlin.de!uni-berlin.de!individual.net!not-for-mail From: bill@server2.cs.uofs.edu (Bill Gunshannon) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Desperately need 16MB RAM for a VAXstation 3100 M76 Date: 20 Apr 2011 16:56:34 GMT Organization: Computing Sciences Dept., University of Scranton Lines: 37 Message-ID: <918hi2F6ulU1@mid.individual.net> References: <20110419175716.0e5bcf0c@polemon.localdomain> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Trace: individual.net To45RX0tn6gITPqOtnj8vgnVjfoQTxb+hvIESvqtB9DMX8HJ5o Cancel-Lock: sha1:tl6fwrPEptBHYfjrDgX7D5xnccA= X-Newsreader: knews 1.0b.1 X-Face: #S"T9jP[OH$fbA-]+!@r#:cHoa=2+R{,NY(E9Mw0/G2D_((6`6R8@JjodwakR~(J?mCY+]yn//;$5;=/Gc'22VrB Xref: x330-a1.tempe.blueboxinc.net comp.sys.dec:269 In article , Crabs writes: > On 4/19/2011 8:57 AM, polemon wrote: >> Hello, >> >> I've been looking for VAX RAM for years now, and I couldn't find any. >> It's getting pretty rare, but I'd like to max-out the ram in my VAXstation. >> >> I found the machine in a dumpster of my university, and apart for broken >> hard drives, it's ok. I got new hard drives, some periphery, but in order >> to run NetBSD on it, in a usable manner, I need more ram. 16MB is just too >> little. In case anyone happens to own VAXstation 3100 M76 RAM modules, >> please contact me. >> >> I live in germany, but I'll pay for shipping even when it's from the US. >> >> Getting a replacement RTC was easy as pie, I just sampled one from >> Dallas Semiconductor. >> >> Also: In case anyone happens to have some of those weird screws that hold >> the drives to the mid-deck (and those rubber-spacers that go onto those >> screws), and would sell them to me, please contact me as well . >> > I may be some of some assistance, both with the memory and the screws. > I will have to dig around in my "Big Box 'O DEC" tonight after work. > I am always looking for those screws, too. But I have had luck at the local hardware store with grommets, bushings and normal screws, bill -- Bill Gunshannon | de-moc-ra-cy (di mok' ra see) n. Three wolves billg999@cs.scranton.edu | and a sheep voting on what's for dinner. University of Scranton | Scranton, Pennsylvania | #include