Subject: Re: Various VAX-ish gear
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Paul Thompson <thompson@mail.athenet.net>
List: port-vax
Date: 09/05/1999 10:44:56
My 5400 has standard MS650-BA memory boards.

Paul

On Sun, 5 Sep 1999, Simon Burge wrote:

> "Kent Rankin" wrote:
> 
> > >Yes it is.  The pmax models page doesn't have much on this, but
> > >I'm digging now.
> > >One quote:
> > >
> > > These are all systems based on the qbus, so you have to know:
> > > the small label on the front of the enclosure doesn't says
> > > what's in there: ... DECsystem 5400's can be converted to
> > > MicroVAX 3500's
> > 
> >     Might I ask how this is accomplished?  Just slap a KA650 in there?  Is
> > the memory compatable?
> 
> I dunno :-)  I saw that quote on a QBus webpage.  I suspect that the
> chassis and any memory and I/O boards are KA650-compatible...
> 
> Simon.
>