VAXstation 4000 M90A  ("COUGAR" )


 
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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME GOLEM
SYSTEM CPU DEC VAX, NVAX chip @83MHz
KA49-A V1.3-0BC-V4.4
CACHE (2nd, 1st) 256 KB, 10 KB
RAM  128 MB (Max. 128 MB)
SCSI BUS NCR53C94 SCSI (5 MB/s)
OPTION BUS Extension slot for TurboChannel adapter "TCA" (not present in this computer)
GRAPHICS SPX 8-plane 1280x1024 @72Hz
HARD DISK DRIVES 1 GB DEC RZ26L 5400 RPM SCSI
2 GB DEC RZ28M 5400 RPM SCSI
2 GB DEC RZ28M-E 5400 RPM SCSI (in external box)
4.5 GB IBM 5400 RPM SCSI (in external box)
CD-ROM DRIVE Toshiba XM-3501B SCSI CDROM /w Caddy
NETWORK 10 Mbps ethernet AUI / BNC
OS
 OpenVMS V6.1
OpenVMS V7.3
YEAR 1994
SPEED 28 VAX MIPS
POWER CONSUMPTION (MAX. / MEASURED) 174 / 99 W
COMMENTS This VAX workstation will only run either OpenVMS or NetBSD. It doesn't run ULTRIX. Running OpenVMS 6.1 / 7.3 + DECWindows/Motif  actually feels fast, it's the fastest VAX I have ever seen.
ESTIMATED PRICE '94 $35,000

BOOT Console


(external SCSI disks were not connected to the box while making this screenshot)

History and other comments

I bought this VAXstation on auction in October 2007, from Austria. It's one of the fastest VAXstations you can get. Mine used to be a database server, running DEC RDB, relational database software from DEC.

If you remove the cover and the disk / CDROM brackets in a VAXstation M90A, this is what you may find:
 

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Last updated:  16-7-2008