15 Sep
1999
15 Sep
'99
1:38 p.m.
Well, assuming
the CPU card is a KA630, you've got a MicroVAX II like you
said ;^) Nice machines. I don't think you mentioned which chassis you've
got, but something tells me it might be a BA23 instead of the larger BA123.
How can you tell one from the other? This has four horizontal front bays
and one vertical; it is rated at 8.8A, 690W at 120V. The whole thing
measures about 24" (height) x 13" (width) x 27" (depth) Which if the drives that Dave mentioned is considered
reliable?
(repeated below)
RD50 5mb Seagate ST506
RD51 10mb Seagate ST412
RD52 35mb Quantum Q540
RD53 71mb Micropolis 1325
RD54 159mb Maxtor XT-2190
RD31 21mb Seagate ST225
RD32 42mb Seagate ST251
Well, the RD50-52 and RD31/32 are really to small to be of use, thankfully
the RD54 seems to be a fairly good drive. I personally believe that the
best answer is to get a 3rd party ESDI controller or get really lucky and
get a SCSI controller (you don't want to know what they cost).
BTW, I liked your comments about OpenVMS and NetBSD. I'm a firm believer
of running VMS on these systems (though I've got to admit I'm thinking of
installing Ultrix).
Zane
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