6 May
2003
6 May
'03
3:44 p.m.
At 12:46 PM 7/05/2003 +0930, Geoff Roberts wrote:
Following a successful trans-Pacific trade, (for a
DRQ3B) I have the
following that will (theoretically) upgrade my Vax 6000-430 to
a 6000-620.
2 T2054-AA 6000-600 CPUs
1 T2019 3.3V regulator, 25A
Can Antonio or one of the other DEC experts confirm that there are no
other hardware mods required to the Vax 6000-200/300/400
series cabinets (this particular machine was originally a 6000-310 IIRC)
to support the 500 & 600 series cpu boards other than the
insertion of the T2019 3.3v regulator board? ie no re-cabling etc?
AFAIK this is a plug it in and go field upgrade but would like to confirm
it before committing irreplaceable hardware to possible
destruction.
Can't seem to find much on the web about the process itself.
It's been a while since I worked on 6000 series VAXen (it's about 4 years
since I left La Trobe Uni). My immediate recollection is that the upgrade
requires new CPUs and new memory as well - although it might be that the
memory I had was too small/old to work in the 6000-300 that became a
6000-500. I do recall it was just a matter of pulling the old stuff out and
adding the new stuff in.
Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies(a)kerberos.davies.net.au
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