25 Sep
2002
25 Sep
'02
11 a.m.
--- Antonio Carlini <Antonio.Carlini(a)riverstonenet.com> wrote:
I got a cheap Alpha - a DEC 4000 (1 180MHz CPU, 385MB RAM, three disk
trays, TLZ07, RRD42, DEC 4mm DAT) from the Uni Surplus. I'd rather
it have been a VAX 4000. I _do_ have 3rd-party Qbus cards - Mine!
I have *no* need for Futurebus+.
You are right, though; it does make a nice OpenVMS engine. It's
everything I ever wanted in a VAX, minus ancient peripheral
compatibility and 32-bit binary compatibility (meaning I can't
run stuff off my old backups).
If I didn't have so much legacy stuff, it would *really* be neat. As it
is, I probably spend more time with a uVAX-II powered up than this
guy (and more time on the 8200 still)
-ethan
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2) What are the differences between the 4000VLC
and the 4000-500?...
Whether any of this matters or not depends on what the VAX is
supposed
to do. If they wanted an OpenVMS compute engine, almost any cheap
Alpha would eat both of the above for breakfast, so I assume that there
is either a software constraint (e.g. VAX-only 3rd party s/w) or a
hardware one (must use this Q-bus interface card).