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| From | Dave McGuire <mcguire@lssmuseum.org> |
|---|---|
| Newsgroups | comp.os.vms, comp.sys.dec |
| Subject | Re: VAX-11/780 up and running at LSSM |
| Date | 2025-12-06 11:01 -0500 |
| Organization | LSSM |
| Message-ID | <faf62429-d261-45d6-8f69-20e8d4feaa39@lssmuseum.org> (permalink) |
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Cross-posted to 2 groups.
On 12/5/25 11:22, chrisq 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)
>
> From memory, around 6.9 Kilowatts, 3 phase, for just the cpu
> and no peripherals or storage etc. Would make a great lab heater.
Nothing of note internally is 3-phase; ours is running on
single-phase. A LOT of it. We can definitely tell when it's powered
up. :-)
-Dave
--
Dave McGuire, President/Curator
Large Scale Systems Museum
New Kensington, PA
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