30 Nov
1999
30 Nov
'99
2:45 p.m.
--- Jim Strickland <jim(a)calico.litterbox.com> wrote:
There are some substantial disadvantages to the 2000s.
The biggest is they
want MFM disks, which are hard to find these days. 3100s are SCSI machines.
And, MFM drives never got above ~150Mb. I have several RD54's just to keep
my MV2000's alive.
Er. Let me qualify that and say VaxStation 2000s want
MFM drives. Don't
know about MicroVax 2000s.
Same thing. The hardware internally is identical. The difference is a
jumper to tell the hardware whether to use the framebuffer or not. From
an OS standpoint, moving the jumper gives a different model number, IIRC.
(KA-610 vs KA-630 or something like that, I forget the exact numbers).
The idea was that a VAX*station* would have a primary user and would only
get a two user license (one for the serial port on the back, presumably
for emergencies) and a MicroVAX 2000 would have many users, possibly on
the rare and optional 8-port serial expansion, possibly on a terminal server.
This way, you could get more money for the same software on the assumption
that more potential users means more latitude to charge for software.
-ethan
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