Subject: Re: Almost got it working, just need a little help
To: Adam Kranzel <adam@blacktabby.org>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 01/25/2002 23:23:52
On January 25, Adam Kranzel wrote:
> On Fri, 25 Jan 2002 22:22:46 -0500
> >   FYI the 4000/60 is 12 VUPS, not 2.4...not shabby at all...it'd make an
> > excellent server for anything "external", since it takes a *lot* less
> > than 12 VUPS to completely saturate all but the absolute fastest of
> > outbound home connectivity.  Web server, mail server, FTP server, etc
> > etc.
> 
> I know :)
> The 2.4 VUP machine the is the MV3300 that's sitting under my desk :)

  Oh oh oh...my mistake, sorry..

> I also have a VS3100/38, but it only has a 100Mb disk, so I'm either going to have to netboot it, or find one of the weird scsi cables for it, or find a 1GB or less scsi disk to stick in it.

  Yeah those boot roms have >1GB problems.  Seagate ST1480N drives
seem to be plentiful...They were shipped with early Sun SPARCstations
as "SUN0424" drives.  They seem to be decent drives, and would
probably work well in an 'M38.

> I am annoyed that I didn't get one of the MV3100/90s that were on ebay, they ended yesterday and of course I got paid today :P

  :-(

   -Dave

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Dave McGuire
St. Petersburg, FL         "Less talk.  More synthohol." --Lt. Worf