Subject: Re: Status,
To: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/29/1996 08:27:10
On Sun, 29 Sep 1996, Dave McGuire wrote:
> Folks,
> The 3300 should work just fine...it's based on the ka640 processor.
> The cpu board has an onboard DSSI disk controller and ethernet
> interface which are not currently supported, though I think someone is
> working on drivers for these devices. If you put another controller
> in the backplane and use an external mscp disk, you should be fine. I
> use an Emulex QD32 for disk and a DELQA for ethernet. I'm not sure
> about the 3400...I've never seen one of those, though some information
> I have indicates that it, too, is based on the ka640 processor...if
> that's correct, it should work fine.
AFAIK, a 3400 is just a 3300 in a larger cabinet and thus with room for
more QBUS cards (and possibly disks).
Gunnar
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