On Sat, 14 Sep 1996 21:58:45 +0200 (MET DST)  Ignatios Souvatzis wrote:

> Jonathan wrote:
>    The 5000/200 is the first-generation Turbochannel machine. The CPU is
>    on the basboard (unlike other TC DECstations where the CPU is a
>    daughterboard, upgradable to an r4000 or r4400 daughterboard which is
>    not yet supported.)
> 
> Hm, turns out it might really be a 5000/240, its not clear yet. Any
> gotchas with them?

Well, they have a 40MHz CPU (a bit faster), and the CPU is on a
daughter board. This can be upgraded to a 60MHz R4400, although these
are getting very rare and seem to be expensive.

One thing I can't remember is if the /200 had a 12.5 MHz turbochannel,
but the /240 definitely has a 25MHz bus.  Anyone else remember what the
/200 has?  I think most (all?) of the 5000/1xx series has a 12.5MHz
turbochannel.

Other than that, they're pretty much the same as the /200.

>    It looks like there's a bug in the serial-console code for 5000/200s
>    in the 1.2 release. (Either that or I have a 200 with a a dead port.)
>    More on that later.
> 
> ugh :-/

And there serial console is working on these now :-)

Simon.