VAXstation 2000  ("VAXSTAR" )

 
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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME UMLI
SYSTEM CPU / FPU
 DEC VAX, DC333 @5 MHz / DC337@10 MHz
KA410-B v2.1
CACHE
 N/A
RAM  6 MB (Max. 14 MB)
SCSI BUS NCR5380 SCSI-1 chip (for tape drives only)
ST-506 (MFM) BUS SMC HDC9224 chip
GRAPHICS Onboard mono video and 4-plane color option board, 1024x864 @60Hz 
HARD DISK DRIVE 159MB RD54 ST-506 (MFM) full-height 5.25" disk
NETWORK 10 Mbps ethernet LANCE AM7990, selectable AUI or BNC
OS ULTRIX V4.1
YEAR 1987
SPEED 1 VAX MIPS
POWER CONSUMPTION (MAX. / MEASURED) 160 / 115 W
COMMENTS This is a very slow computer. It's only natural for a one-mips system.
ESTIMATED PRICE '87 $15,000

Bootlog Information


ULTRIX V4.1 (Rev. 52) System #2: Thu Sep 11 09:35:54 GMT-0100 1997
real mem  = 6275072
avail mem = 3605504
using 153 buffers containing 626688 bytes of memory
KA410 processor with an FPU
sdc0 at uba0 csr 0x200c0000 vec 0x1fc, ipl 0x14
rd0 at sdc0 slave 0
stc0 at uba0 csr 0x200c0080 vec 0x1f8, ipl 0x14
st0 at stc0 slave 0
sg0 at uba0 csr 0x3c000000 vec 0x44, ipl 0x14
ss0 at uba0 csr 0x200a0000 vec 0xc0, ipl 0x14
ln0 at ibus0 csr 0x200e0000 vec 0x50, ipl 0x14
ln0: DEC LANCE Ethernet Interface, hardware address: 08:00:00:00:00:00

History and other comments

I got this machine from Germany in December 2006. It was a bit heavy to ship, but I think it was worth it, to ship it all the way to Finland since it's a very good complement to my collection of DEC computers. I now have at least one VAXstation from series 2000, 3000 and 4000.

You may think that the VS2000 is a pretty large and heavy (it's about 13 kg) computer however it's actually very squeezed and compact compared to many other computers from the same time frame. Once you remove the cover of the box you will see what I mean. On this picture I have removed the top cover and the logic board frame:

As you can see the PSU and the full height disk brick is occupying most of the space inside. There is just enough room to fit in a mainboard, graphics board and a memory board on top of all of this. I think it's a bit like opening a peecee laptop, only the scale of things are like ten times bigger. Below you can see a picture of the boards that goes on top of what you see on the picture above:

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Last updated:  26-12-2006