VAX 9000 (was: Re: Sun 386i available)

[Adrian Graham]

Your mail name reminded me of a conversation I had today with an ex-Digit
with regard to the Vax 9000 and its reliability record which is less than
good. Apologies if this question has been asked before and is in the
archives, but did you work with VAX9000s back in the day?

My reason for asking is that I believed the VAX9000 would be watercooled
(its codename was Aquarius) but shipped machines were aircooled and I'm
wondering why there was a change in policy?

All ex-digits can reply of course :)

The person I was talking to today explained that their 9000s were removed
and replaced with 7000s....must've been a hell of a drain on Digit
resources......

On 15/12/05 23:39, "9000 VAX" <vax9000 at gmail.com> wrote:

> On 12/15/05, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org> wrote:
>> On Thursday 15 December 2005 18:08, 9000 VAX wrote:
>>> fedex rate a 30'x25'x25' box
>> 
>> I'm assuming that was supposed to be private.. but I must say, that's
>> one huge box! (Or did you mean inches ala " not feet ala '? :)
> 
> Yes, private and yes, inches. I was thinking about a program I was
> working on. Actually I thought twice before typed ', and still the
> wrong one is chosen.
> 
> vax, 9000
> 
>> 
>> Pat
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> 
> 

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