Subject: Re: DECsystem 5900
To: (Erik Bennett) <bennett@research.or.com>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/12/2000 15:13:21
On September 12, (Erik Bennett) wrote:
> I just bought a 19" rack.  A real nice enclosure, actually, but when I
> opened it up, it had a DECsystem 5900 in it.
> 
> I believe it's the R3000 model, and I think it has two 8 meg memory
> modules in it.
> 
> Is 16 meg enough to run BSD?  Will this unit take the 32 meg modules?
> I've seen conflicting reports.

  16mb will be tight but it should run.

  Mine has 32mb modules in it.  Darn cool machine, if you ask me.

    -Dave McGuire