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The first challenge was finding a copy of this\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":1867,"url":"https:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=1867","url_meta":{"origin":97,"position":2},"title":"VAX 11\/750 Parts","author":"malcolm","date":"18-April-2017","format":false,"excerpt":"This is a temporary page. If you are interested in any photos here, please take a copy ASAP. I'm in the process of parting out a VAX-11\/750. 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Its claim to fame is that it is the world's first commercially produced diskless (ie net-booting) personal computer, as discussed on on the VAXmate's Wikipedia and Microsoft webpages. 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This is pretty rough - very few explanatory comments have been added at this stage. The command to issue at the standalone backup command is (If the CDROM drive is DKB400 and\u2026","rel":"","context":"Similar post","block_context":{"text":"Similar post","link":""},"img":{"alt_text":"","src":"","width":0,"height":0},"classes":[]},{"id":10248,"url":"https:\/\/avitech.com.au\/?page_id=10248","url_meta":{"origin":97,"position":5},"title":"DEC RX01\/02 Inventory","author":"malcolm","date":"2-August-2024","format":false,"excerpt":"This page has a rough inventory of the DEC RX drive units in my collection. Enclosures S\/N WS 21980: The power supply is marked as being a \"h771-d (50HZ)\" and with a voltage input of either 180-240 or 200-264 volts. 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