Subject: RE: Did a dumb thing today -- picked up a 5 buck MV2000....
To: 'NetBSD Bob' <nbsdbob@weedcon1.cropsci.ncsu.edu>
From: Carlini, Antonio <Antonio.Carlini@riverstonenet.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/27/2001 07:33:21
> Pit Fracas.... and picked up an orphan 5 buckeroo MV2000 critter.  IFF
> I want to expand ram in the critter, what sorts of ram bits will work

You need the appropriate memory card
(similar to the VS3100 systems - no SIMMs here!)

> correctly in the thing.  I vaguely remember someone saying 
> that there was
> a way to make the tape ''almost scsi'' port talk real scsi.  

Doesn't NetBSD use it this way?
It can (IIRC) do disks like this.

> Anyone have
> thing, or would something like Ultrix 4.2 do.  Anyone know of 
> an on-line
> manual for the thing.  I figured it might make the usual good 
> mfm formatter
> thingy, if nothing else.

The tech manual is on a CD near the
DFWCUG. It's not online yet (AFAIK)
but you could always ask.

Antonio