13 Jun
2006
13 Jun
'06
12:05 p.m.
Zane H. Healy wrote:
IIRC, that would be another advantage to the 300X, it
should be able to
take more RAM than the Multia. HOWEVER, you'd best look into what kind
of RAM it takes and how much it has. Depending on the model, it might
be cheaper to get a better system than to upgrade the RAM. This is why
my AlphaStation 500/333 sits unused with only has 96MB RAM, and you
don't even want to know what I paid for it :^(
I'm trying to remember which DEC3000-300 I have. I'm pretty sure
it's a 300X, but I'm away and my wife gets irked if I call her to look
at model numbers. :)
Anyway, it takes regular 36-bit parity, 72-pin SIMMs. The memory in
mine came out of an Indigo^2.
Oh, and my guess is, the 300X really is faster.
I have a Multia as well, and the DEC3k is considerably faster, at
least at a serial console. My guess is that the reported response times
were obtained on a graphics console with one of the "entry-level" 8-bit
video boards in the DEC3000. Not to put too fine a point on it, the
low-end turbochannel video boards suck.
For what it's worth, there's quite a bit of practical info on the 300
series if you do a search for "Linux DEC turbochannel" I dunno if the
Linux port is still active, but they had good system information.
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