Subject: Re: Vaxstation/MicroVAX info
To: David Brownlee <abs@NetBSD.ORG>
From: Thordur Ivarsson <totii@est.is>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/25/1998 12:37:24
David Brownlee wrote:
> 
> On Fri, 23 Jan 1998, emanuel stiebler wrote:
> 
> > Hi David,
> > here are my .5 cent, cause i started to do the same job.
> >
>         Many thanks!
> 
> > P.S. the tps number i got from a performance chart from the dec site. I
> > think, that is more interresting than the pure CPU power.
> >
>         Indeed - but most vax people are more familiar with VUPs - ideally
>         we should have both.
> 
> > P.P.S. You are sure that they use eeproms? i think this are EPROMs...
> >
>         You are correct I think :)
> 
> > P.P.P.S. as far i know, the small enclosure for the VaxStations/MicroVaxen
> > 3100 is a BA42-A, the bigger one is BA42-B
> > BA42-B: height 5.9 inch, width: 18.26 inch, depth: 15.75 inch
> >
>         Excellent - could you let me know what drive bays & the power
>         rating for the BA42-B.

BA42-B can carry 3 3,5inch hard disks on upper deck and 2 5,25inch
devices on the lower deck and are exposeable from the front.

power rating is 1,7/1,0A  110/220V, the power supply is featured with
good overcurrent protection.

> 
> > > [... Many tps values ...]
> 
>         All added.
> 
>         You quote the MicroVAX 3100 M10e as 30 tps while the
>         MicroVAX 3100 M20e as 22 tps, but they are supposed to be the same
>         machine in a different case?

They should be the same in speed, only different cases.
> 
> > > MicroVAX 3100 M30   KA (?)  5.0 VUP         (Waverley/S)
> > cpu clock: 25 MHz
> > maximum memory: 32 MB
> > cache: 6 KB on chip
> > enclosure: BA42-A
> >
> > >     SCSI
> >
> > tps: 39
> >
> >
> > >
> > > MicroVAX 3100 M40   KA (?)  5.0 VUP         (Waverley/S)
> > cpu clock: 25 MHz
> > maximum memory: 32 MB,
> > cache: 6 KB on chip
> > enclosure: BA42-B
> > >     Probably MicroVAX 3100 M30 in larger box (?)
> > >
> > tps: 78
> 
>         Again these are supposed to be the same machine in a different case.
>         They have the same VUP, bu the tps is wildly different?
> 
> > > MicroVAX 3100 M80   KA46 (?) 12 VUP         (Waverley/M)
> > cpu clock: 50 MHz
> > maximum memory: 72 MB
> > cache: 6KB on chip, 256K on board
> > enclosure: KA42-B
> >
>         Is this BA42-B?
> 
>         I'm still merging in the other information - thanks again!
> 
>                 David

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