VCF's new toy: VAX 9440

[EvanK]

The VCF museum took delivery of a VAX 9440 today.

It arrived in TWO 28-foot trailers. Here's our forklift driver beginning to unload the first truck:



Here's a teaser picture of the main cabinet:



The full system is 30-40 feet long when it's all set up! It is in pristine condition and was in service until a couple of months ago.

 

[Doug G]

Gives new meaning to VAX's being called "Mini"-computers

 

[EvanK]

I was confused when I first heard that it's a VAX and so big! But DEC marketed this as a supercomputer and later as a mainframe. It is definitely not a minicomputer!