This VAX started life at the Department of Scientific and Industrial Research as "AKV" in Auckland during the late 80s. It then moved to Hort+Research when DSIR was split up in the 90s. It remained in service at Hort+Research until at least the late 90s. It was not the original machine to be called "AKV" - it replaced a VAX-11/780 of the same name.
This was my first ever VAX which I purchased from someone in Auckland in May
2008. It remained in storage at my house from then until November 2008 when I
finally had time to wire up the required serial port adapter cables. It started
just fine the first time and I was able to install OpenVMS 7.3 on it the
following day (I had ordered the hobbyist VAX CDs a few months earlier).
The machine was not in perfect condition (or anywhere near it) when I got it. The battery backup unit
had been leaking behind the CPU cover panel for some time and has made a big very nasty mess of that area of the case. No serious damage appears to have been done by the
battery and it was removed within a few weeks of getting the machine.
Aside from the TK70, the machine has no drives installed. It currently boots
from external SCSI drives in a BA350-series storageworks enclosure. The machine
was configured with the following boards when I got it. I have not changed any
of this. If you know anything about this machine and how it came to be in this configuration email me (you wouldn't be the first) - it would be great to hear from you.
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