Re: [vcf-midatlantic] vcf-midatlantic Digest, Vol 90, Issue 14
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Today's Topics:
1. LSSM VAX-11/780 success (Dave McGuire) 2. Re: LSSM VAX-11/780 success (Bob Roswell)
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Message: 1 Date: Wed, 26 Nov 2025 22:54:22 -0500 From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com> To: vcf-midatlantic <vcf-midatlantic@lists.vcfed.org> Subject: [vcf-midatlantic] LSSM VAX-11/780 success Message-ID: <546a848e-d388-4f15-823f-c8ac65baf52a@neurotica.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=UTF-8; format=flowed
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
Very cool Dave. Standard power supplies? Need a CI interface for it?
On 11/27/25 08:26, Michael Thompson via vcf-midatlantic 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)
Very cool Dave. Standard power supplies? Need a CI interface for it?
Thanks Mike! Yes, standard power supplies. Three of the four needed work, but the fourth was ok. We couldn't have gotten all the way there if you hadn't supplied the WCS files that we needed. Thank you again for that. Yes, we would very much like a CI for it. We have a cluster running and would love to add this machine. I was just pondering late last night "now where the heck are we going to find a CI780??" Thanks, -Dave -- Dave McGuire, AK4HZ New Kensington, PA
On 11/27/25 08:26, Michael Thompson via vcf-midatlantic wrote:
I am pleased to announce that we at LSSM have just gotten our VAX-11/780 up and running!
Congrats! Quite an accomplishment! The first VAX I used was an 11/780 in 1980 with a whopping 256KB memory. Don't know how many (tens of) thousands of times I used a MOVC5 over the next 15 years! Mike
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