Subject: Re: kernel compile
To: Jonathan Stone <jonathan@DSG.Stanford.EDU>
From: D. Sean Davidson <davidson@zk3.dec.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 02/04/1998 07:09:07
The R4400 cpu card for the 3MAX plus (5000/240) will not work in a
3MIN (5000/1xx) system box.  But the R4000 cpu card for a 3MIN will
work fine in a MAXINE (Personal DECstation).

Sean

> Jonathan Stone wrote:
> 
> >On Sun, 01 Feb 1998 16:24:27 -0800  Jonathan Stone wrote:
> >
> >> As Ted says, building a kernel from scratch takes about an hour.
> >
> >Hmm, about 25 minutes on the /260 :)
> 
> Stop skiting, mate :)
> 
> Seriously, no wonder you declined to send me one.  The 5000/150 takes
> about 40 minutes, still faster than the 5000/240.
> 
> I wonder if the r4000 daughterboard really works in the 3MAXPLUS
> motherboard; the memory system should be faster than the 3100-style SIMMs.
> 
> >I think the /240 took almost an hour - I'd shudder to think how long a
> >2100 or 3100 would take...
> 
> Heh. Faster than a vax, that's for sure.