[Simh] Simh Digest, Vol 53, Issue 6

[dave porter]

>Date: Sat, 05 Apr 2008 09:38:00 -0700
>From: Marc Chametzky <marc at bluevine.net>
>Subject: Re: [Simh] VUPs?
>
>Not performance related, but I remember that DEC sold a variant of the 
>VAXstation-II at a lower price, about half as much as >the -II.
>
>This lower-priced machine was virtually identical to the VAXstation-II, 
>except that they had epoxied four of the eight QBUS >slots, rendering them 
>unusable. The processor, memory, graphics, and I/O cards were all the same. 
>The only limitation was on >future QBUS card expansion.

Ah, the VAXstation II/RC. "RC" stood for "reduced cost" if
you were in marketing, or "resin coated" if you were
a cynic.  Guess which one I was?

--dave