At 12:32 PM 9/8/00 -0400, NetBSD Bob wrote:
> > Wow, BA215's are falling out of the sky these days. From none to four on
> > E-bay, and this one and a couple of others I've seen.
>
>The sky is falling.... the sky is falling... the sky is falling...(:+}}...

Yeah, but in a good way :-)

>Can I check to see what memory is there or what was a standard config
>for it?  Is the MS650 a ram board, and if so, how much?  16mb?

MS650s come in 4, 8, and 16MB. Third party boards go higher. From the 
chevron type SHO MEM and you'll see how much is in there. The KA640 board 
also has 4MB on the CPU card so you will probably see somthing like 12MB or 
20MB.

>What drives can go into it?   I have no idea what is in it now, sizewise.

One full height DSSI drive or two half height (if you have the rails for 
them).

>Will it boot and run the real VAX 4.3BSD or the Quasijarus 4.3BSD?

Don't know.

>Will it boot and run Ultrix, for starters, and if so, which version
>would be usable.  Alas, it came out of Moo U housing, so it probably
>has VMS on it.

It will run Ultrix and VMS (and NetBSD (diskless at the moment))

>Are the prom commands standard or are they a small subset of what is
>on the VS3100 machines?

Try HELP, they are pretty similar to the ones you are used to on _vaxes_ 
not on DECStations.

>Is there any on-line info about them?

Besides the various links that are referenced on the VAX page? Of course, 
Google is your friend here.

Enjoy,
--Chuck