Vax 4000 705a

[billdeg]

Started working on one of these systems. So far it boots, but there are no drives attached yet so it has not OS to boot. I have a few external SCSI towers to attach and an external DSSI drive bay as well. The internal drives are disabled.

a partial listing, the show config command continued to output after this photo was taken, but with this image one can see the 705A processor is present with 512MB RAM. This I believe is the fastest of the 4000 pedestal VAXes

available storage/device controllers installed

Next - Add a graphics card.

 

[urbancamo]

They are great VAXen - about 13 years ago I nearly bid on an eBay auction for a pair of 705's that had just come off contract. In the end I went down the solely desktop route, but they are class VAX and I wish you the best of luck.

 

[billdeg]

I upgraded to the 4000-705a from a model 4000-200. I sold the 200 to make space. My rule is "something comes in, something else has to go out" of my inventory. Helps me keep the hobby under control.