Subject: Re: MV3300
To: Matt London <matt@knm.yi.org>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/09/2001 16:32:36
Actually if you get the 3300 there is a 10% chance that it actually _is_ a 
4000/200 since a significant number of them were upgraded. Keep in mind 
that if you do get the 3300 then all you need is the KA660 CPU chard 
(M7626) and you can do the upgrade yourself. Its a _lot_ easier to have 
someone ship a KA660 to the UK from somewhere else in the world than it is 
to ship an entire machine. Finally the 3300 is a nice "small" Qbus card 
cage that fits easily into a small flat whereas a 4000/200 might be a BA400 
series chassis and be twice as large!

--Chuck

At 11:07 PM 2/9/01 +0000, Matt London wrote:
>-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE-----
>Hash: SHA1
>
>Hi guys,
>   Just wondering what you think of the MV3300, before I make a decision
>whether I want to buy one or not :&) (I'd really like something like a
>4000/200, but the chances of me finding one of those here without forking
>out money that I don't have is fairly minimal :&)