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