Michael Sokolov wrote:
> 
>    Dear Antonio,
> 
>    I finally have the time to continue our wonderful discussion on VAX CPUs
> and system boards. Thank you very much for the valuable technical
> information in your postings! I appreciate it greatly, and I'm sure that
> other people on this list who plan to meet so-far-unsupported VAX CPUs and
> system boards on the ring do too!
>    Thanks for clarifying the marketing/licensing issue of MicroVAX vs.
> VAXstation vs. VAXserver for us! Now I have a complete understanding.
>    You wrote:
> > A KA41-B (VAXserver) is cheaper than a KA41-A (MicroVAX) and the same
> > applies to the KA41-E versus KA41-D [...]
>    Hmm. This applies to complete MicroVAX and VAXserver boxes, right? What
> about CPUs sold by themselves. Suppose I had a 3500 and the KA650 died, or
> suppose I had a 3100 and the KA41 died. I could buy a replacement CPU,
> right? Would the price be different depending on the setting of the
> multiuser/single-user bit in the EPROM? Extending this idea further, it
 I wouldn't dare to try to replace the cpu on those boards, it is
soldered on the board, I have lot of experiance in electronic repair and
the work on those boards make it nearly impossible!