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Re: 11/780 on e-bay

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In article <f27bcc7e-67a7-4123-8722-ef96dd482006@p13g2000yqh.googlegroups.com>, Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> writes:
> 
> There are several interesting stories about moving VAX hardware.
> I noticed that the livingcomputermuseum site uses the model number
> 11/780-5, while I'm fairly sure it was called a VAX 11/785 by DEC.
> Any reason for adopting this somewhat strange nomenclature? The VAX
> 11/782 wasn't called VAX 11/780-2, was it?

   An 11/780-5 is basically an 11/780 upgraded to an 11/785.  An
   11/780-2 is basically an 11/780 upgraded to an 11/782.  IIRC,
   DEC stuck the -X on the cabinet instead of trying to take the 0 off.

   So there are cabinets that have the -X on them, but VMS doesn't know
   the difference.

   DEC also offered to split 11/782 into two 11/780 when the 782 was
   unsupported.  I don't know if anyone bought it, and I wonder what
   they did with the model number on the original cabinet.

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11/780 on e-bay "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2011-05-01 16:38 +0100
  Re: 11/780 on e-bay Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2011-05-01 10:39 -0700
  Re: 11/780 on e-bay Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-05-02 01:51 -0700
    Re: 11/780 on e-bay legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2011-05-02 15:30 +0000
    Re: 11/780 on e-bay Johnny Billquist <bqt@softjar.se> - 2011-05-02 08:53 -0700
      Re: 11/780 on e-bay vaxorcist <vaxorcist@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-03 06:04 -0700
        Re: 11/780 on e-bay koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-03 08:16 -0500
  Re: 11/780 on e-bay vaxorcist <vaxorcist@googlemail.com> - 2011-05-02 03:09 -0700
  Re: 11/780 on e-bay drb@ihatespam.msu.edu (Dennis Boone) - 2011-05-02 07:50 -0500
    Re: 11/780 on e-bay "Dave Wade" <dave.g4ugm@gmail.com> - 2011-05-03 19:30 +0100
      Re: 11/780 on e-bay legalize+jeeves@mail.xmission.com (Richard) - 2011-05-04 03:25 +0000
        Re: 11/780 on e-bay Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-05-06 07:09 -0700
          Re: 11/780 on e-bay "Robert A. Brooks" <rab@aitchpee.com> - 2011-05-06 11:28 -0400
            Re: 11/780 on e-bay koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-06 11:52 -0500
            Re: 11/780 on e-bay pechter@pechter.dyndns.org (Bill Pechter) - 2011-05-07 12:42 +0000
          Re: 11/780 on e-bay koehler@eisner.nospam.encompasserve.org (Bob Koehler) - 2011-05-06 11:51 -0500
            Re: 11/780 on e-bay pechter@pechter.dyndns.org (Bill Pechter) - 2011-05-07 12:46 +0000
            Re: 11/780 on e-bay Hans Vlems <hvlems@freenet.de> - 2011-05-08 05:08 -0700
              Re: 11/780 on e-bay Chris Scheers <chris@applied-synergy.com> - 2011-05-08 16:38 -0500
  Re: 11/780 on e-bay jjh <jjhudak@gmail.com> - 2011-05-02 17:58 -0700

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