Subject: VaxStation 4000 model 60 (was: Re: Microvax 3100/30 KA45)
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Thomas Schmeidl <schmeidl@nwp.kwu.siemens.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/09/1998 19:08:59
Michael Sokolov <mxs46@po.CWRU.Edu> wrote:
> > The MicroVAX 3100-30 and 3100-40 (same machine, different box) use a KA45
> > CPU board. (I've never seen any reference to a KA44).
>    MV3100 M30/40 and VS4000 VLC are twins just like the MV3100 and VS3100
> models discussed above. I'm pretty sure that the software-accessible system
> board ID is "440" in both versions. That's why I have thought that the
> system board in MV3100 M30/40 is called KA44. You are saying that it's
> actually KA45. Oh well. But no matter what you call it, it's still useless,
> since neither Ultrix nor Berkeley UNIX(R) nor NetBSD will run on it. Your
> (the owner's) best bet is, IMHO, to sell it to some VMSer and buy a VS3100
> M38, M48, or M76, or trade directly.
I'm new to the VAX-World, and I am pretty confused with all these version
numbers. What we have here is -- as far as I can tell -- a VaxStation 4000
model 60. Will NetBSD run on it?

Regards,
   T. S.


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