Well we've got both, more or less; the 785 is a slightly faster respin of the 780. (7.5MHz clock, rather than 5MHz) We have a few S/34s, one on the exhibit floor that runs great. You should definitely come out for a visit. -Dave On 11/27/25 14:02, Dean Notarnicola wrote:
Congrats, Dave! There’s a special place in my heart for VAXen, as the 11/785 was the first mini I used in college, outside of the IBM System 34 in high school. VMS and VT terminals were a pleasure to use in comparison.
On Thu, Nov 27, 2025 at 09:59 Dave McGuire via vcf-midatlantic <vcf- midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote:
Thanks! Yeah this one took a lot of work from like six people over several years. The poor machine was a disaster that had quite a few hardware problems. But seeing those boot messages last night was the big reward!
-Dave
On 11/27/25 09:29, Jonathan Chapman via vcf-midatlantic wrote: > Dave, > > Congrats, that's awesome! No small feat there. > > Thanks, > Jonathan > > On Wednesday, November 26th, 2025 at 22:54, Dave McGuire via vcf- midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org <mailto:vcf- midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org>> wrote: > >> >> >> >> I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our >> VAX-11/780 up and running! >> >> Now we have to clean up the debugging and repair mess, clean up the >> cabling, arrange for a permanent system disk, etc, then we will declare >> it an "operational exhibit". Once that's done, it will be on HECnet >> whenever it's up and running. >> >> Of course all are welcome to come to LSSM in person and run the >> machine. (feel the rumble in the floor, etc) >> >> -Dave >> >> -- >> Dave McGuire, AK4HZ >> New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
-- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA