Would be cool to have some more context about the machine itself, it's history and the machine it's attached to through serial.

Perhaps I'll have to make a HN post just for that some time :)

Looking forward to it!

Nice! I wouldn't have guessed one could fit a VAXstation into that short-depth of a 1U.

How do you cool it? (I normally see that Supermicro chassis model used for Atom boards designed to run fanless.)

The VAXstation itself doesn't take much power and therefore doesn't generate too much heat. The power supply moves a small amount of air by virtue of its fans, but not much.

It was tested and runs fine in a room at ambient temperature (72º), fully closed, with no external airflow. Because of this, it should never have issues where it's colocated because the datacenter has positive pressure cooling.