[rescue] Cheapass MicroFax (sic)

[Rob Harhen]

Dave McGuire wrote:

> On Friday, January 3, 2003, at 11:09 PM, <wrmartin at verizon.net> wrote:
>
>> Gee.  It's big. It's heavy. It need to be "rescued". It's cheap. It's 
>> useless. I want it.
>
>
>   Useless?  Why, specifically, do you say that?
>
>   (if you answer this, do so carefully! ;))
>
>> Maybe it'll be relisted.
>>
>> What is it?
>
>
>   It's a VAX.  Appears to be a MicroVAX 3600, a KA650 or 655 based 
> MicroVAX-3.  Slow by today's standards, but not so slow as to be 
> without application.  It will run NetBSD or VMS very well, and...well, 
> it's a VAX, one of the most elegant processor architectures ever 
> designed.  And not actually all that big, either.
>
>        -Dave
>
> -- 
> Dave McGuire           "She's a cheek pincher.  I have scars."
> St. Petersburg, FL                          -Gary Nichols
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It sure looks like a Microvax 3800/3900 (atleast going by the look of 
the case and comparing to the archives on HP's site).

Rob