HI Marc,

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> From: Marc Gutschner <Marc.Gutschner@triplan.com>
> To: port-pmax@netbsd.org
> Subject: Prestoserve NFS "accelerator" ?
> Date: Monday, September 14, 1998 6:46 AM
> 
> Hi !
> 
> I just received a truck-load of DECsystem 5000/200 and /240 and 

Lucky ...., I still looking for a 240 :-((

> Can anyone confirm my assuption on what kind of board this is or tell
> me what it really is ? 

Shoul be the PrestServe ...

> or does NetBSD simply ignore
> it... If anyone knowledgeable enough would like to write a driver for
> it I'm more than willing to part with one :)

There should be a discussion of this few month ago ..
 
> Oh, while at it: I read on the port-pmax Homepage that a /240 can be
> upgraded to a /260 with a "daughter-board". Am I correct to assume 
> that if the CPU is on a seperate module that the system has been 
> upgraded ?

Yep. 240 & 100 have their processors on a module, which can be replaced
with other.
for the 100 it are 20, 33, 40, 50. for the 240 you can replace the 40
module with a 60. Or if i try to remember it,  on the dec5000/100 the 20,33
& 40 module use same processor (r3000), different speed. the 150 is a r4000
version. 

While writing it, i see, that all of this is better explained on the
pmax-port webpage already ... ;-))

> (buried under >20 DECstations ;)

again, lucky ... ;-))

cheers,
emanuel