8 Jul
2001
8 Jul
'01
11:17 a.m.
A VS3100 isn't a "crippled" version of the hardware, but you
wouldn't want multiple users slowing down your graphics
updates. So DEC decided to market a VS3100 as a single user
system where the full CPU power was available for graphics
intensive applications, and the uVAX3100 as a multi-user
machine.
You CAN install a multi user VMS license pak on a VS3100 and
have more than one person log in.
DEC did offer a crippled version of the uVAX II (Or was it
a VSII/GPX?), that had most of the expansion slots filled
with epoxy to prevent upgrades. This was sold at a steep
discount, but there was a run on replacement uVAX II qbus
backplanes and the line was discontinued...
Clint
On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, John Allain wrote:
Eric said:
A VAXstation 3100 can run versions of OpenVMS
later than 5.4.
I may have overspent my budget for pestering with that OT thing,
but, a question here if I may. If a vS3100 can run VMS then why
have a uVAX3100? I imagine that the stations are "crippled"
when compared to the non-"stations". Can anyone back this up/
fill me in a little? P.S. I have two of the supposed cripples, no software,
but no uV3100.
John A.