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- Frequently Asked Questions (FAQS);faqs.110
-
-
-
- These patches are available for Ultrix 4.2 and 4.2A, and for both RISC
- and VAX. They must not be applied to previous versions of Ultrix.
-
- Finally, note you must install new versions of BOTH net_common.o
- and pfilt.o; you cannot just install one of the files.
-
- /sys/{MIPS,VAX}/BINARY/net_common.o
- /sys/{MIPS,VAX}/BINARY/pfilt.o
- -----------------------------------
- (v4.2 RISC & VAX, v4.2a RISC)
-
- Listed are problem resolved by these 2 patches:
-
- 1. PACKET FILTER FAILS TO RECEIVE UNICASTS TO LOCAL HOST
-
- The packet filter mechanism is supposed to allow a user application
- to receive packets that are sent to the local host, if no other
- protocol in the kernel wants to use the packet. This worked fine
- in Ultrix 4.0 and 4.1, but in Ultrix 4.2 it is broken.
-
- Apparently, setting "copyall" with ifconfig is a workaround, but
- this is an EXTREMELY inefficient workaround, and requires users
- to reconfigure their systems as super-user.
-
- 2. PACKET FILTER IOCTL EIOCDEVP RETURNS WRONG MTU VALUE
-
- A change was made to increase the size for ethernet packets
- from 1500 bytes to 1514 bytes which is the MAX size for the ethernet.
- This will allow 1500 bytes for the message and 14 bytes for the header.
-
- Also corrected the value returned in endevp.end_MTU by the EIOCDEVP ioctl.
-
- 3. 802.3/802.2 PACKETS NOT PROPERLY DELIVERED TO PACKET FILTER
-
- The packet filter is defined, in its manual page, to provide packets
- to user applications exactly as those packets appear on the network.
- The current kernel code mangles the headers of 802.2 encapsulations
- of Ethernet packets, causing several popular applications to fail.
-
- [Jeff Mogul, mogul@pa.dec.com]
- ==============================================
- N3. OK, I've done all that and CAP still doesn't run.
-
- [See the previous topic for information on relevant patches for ULTRIX.]
-
- There are several bugs in the Ultrix 4.2 packet filter mechanism, both
- of which affect CAP. The details are complex, but you can solve one
- of them by doing (as super-user, probably from /etc/rc.local)
-
- /etc/ifconfig ln0 copyall
-
- (substitute whatever interface type you are using for "ln0"). The
- other bug, which apparently only affects CAP when "Phase 2" is in use,
- requires a patch to CAP. CAP patches are available from a number of
- archive sites, including gatekeeper.dec.com: in the directory named
-
- /pub/net/appletalk/cap/cap.patches
-
- Another problem you may have is that some Ethernet interfaces sold for
- the Macintosh occasionally send incorrect 802.3 packet headers. (The
- bug is that they send a packet whose length does not match the value
- provided in the 802.3 header's length field. Ultrix 4.2, as well as
- some of Digital's Ethernet interface hardware, is strict about
- checking 802.3 header, and does not accept these packets.) As of this
- writing, a patch is not yet available and there is no workaround. If
- you can, you should try to get the vendor of the nonconforming
- interface to provide a solution.
-
- Once you have obtained an up-to-date, fully patched copy of CAP 6.0,
- the Configure script does not automatically switch on the workaround
- code; you must manually edit the m4.setup file to turn the workaround
- code on.
-
- [Jeff Mogul, mogul@pa.dec.com]
- ==============================================
- N4. I want to run the "screend" program but I get "Operation not supported
- on socket".
-
- By default, support for screend is not configured into the Ultrix 4.2
- kernel, and the documentation for this is missing. Edit your kernel
- configuration file to include the line:
-
- pseudo-device gwscreen
-
- and rebuild your kernel (i.e., run /etc/config, then change to the
- right directory and do "make depend" and then "make"). Install the
- new kernel and reboot the system.
-
- [Jeff Mogul, mogul@pa.dec.com]
- ==============================================
- N5. I want to use screend but I'm not sure how to set up the
- /etc/screend.conf configuration file.
-
- Get a copy of NSL Network Note NN-16, "Using screend to Implement
- IP/TCP Security Policies". Send mail with "Subject: help" for
- information on how to order this, or just "Subject: send postscript
- nn-16" if you want to receive the PostScript file via return mail to
- nsl-techreports@pa.dec.com
- or ...!uunet!decwrl!nsl-techreports
- [Jeff Mogul, mogul@pa.dec.com]
- ==============================================
- N6. Why can't ULTRIX 4.2 mount NFS filesystems that could be mounted with
- ULTRIX 4.1?
-
- The version of SUN RPC shipped with ULTRIX V4.2 supports up to 32
- groups per user, whereas previous versions supported 8 groups per
- user. Users that are members of more than 8 groups cannot NFS mount
- file systems from NFS servers using the version of SUN RPC that only
- supports 8 groups.
-
- The error message that nfs_mount will give you if you are in too many
- groups will look like this:
-
- nfs_mount: crltrx:/usr/local server not responding: RPC: Authentication error;
- why = Invalid client credential
- nfs_mount: access denied for crltrx:/usr/local
-
- The workaround is to reduce the number of groups you are a member of
- to eight or less to make NFS mounts work again. In particular, you should
- check the number of groups that "root" is in.
-
-
- ==============================================
- N7. How do I change the IP address of a diskless client?
-
- To change the IP address of a diskless client, first change it in
- whatever hosts database you use (BIND, /etc/hosts, or YP). There is
- also a file in the client's /etc directory called netblk.c. It looks like
- this:
-
- #include <sas/mop.h>
- struct netblk nblk={
- "server",
- 0x100b002a, "client", 0x100b003e, 0x100b00ff, 0xffffff00,
- 0,
- 5,
- 0,
- 0,
- "/dlclient0/client.root",
- "rz3b",
- ""
- };
-
- The various fields of the structure are defined in /usr/include/sas/mop.h.
- Change the client's address (expressed here as a 32-bit integer), and
- compile netblk.c using 'cc -c netblk.c'.
-
- The netmask and the broadcast address can also be changed here.
-
- ==============================================
- N8. Is ONC RPC (formerly "Sun RPC") supported under ULTRIX - and what should I
- do to port my existing applications that rely on it?
-
- ONC RPC (formerly "Sun RPC") is not supported under ULTRIX. This means
- that not only may some library routines like "clnt_create" not exist,
- but that if they do, they may not work as expected. If you need to use
- RPC for an application can use the unsupported version of the RPC4.0
- distribution that is available for FTP from crl.dec.com and
- decuac.dec.com in pub/sources/rpc4.0-ultrix.tar.Z.
-
- ONC RPC will be a supported component of Digital's OSF/1 product.
-
-
- ==============================================
- N9. How can I disable forwarding of IP packets on an ULTRIX system with two
- network interfaces?
-
- Put this in rc.local:
-
- echo -n 'disabling kernel routing: ipforwarding ' >/dev/console
- /usr/etc/kvar -k -wl -s ipforwarding -v 0 /vmunix >/dev/console
-
- ==============================================
- N10. How can I run network daemons from inetd as users other than root? **NEW**
-
- inetd will take a username as the fifth field. This is not documented
- on the inetd manual page. For example:
-
- finger stream tcp nowait nobody /usr/etc/fingerd fingerd
-
- ==============================================
- N11. How do I decode "stale filehandle" messages from NFS? **NEW**
-
- In the message
-
- NFS server: stale file handle _fs(21,154) file 4100
-
- 21 and 154 are the major and minor device numbers. 4100 is the inode number.
- Running 'ls -l' on /dev will show the device numbers, so you can ask
- mount what directory the filesystem is mounted on. Then use
-
- find <file system> -inum <inode no> -print
-
- to find the file.
- [Peter Mayne, pjdm@chmeee.enet.dec.com]
- [Greg Shapiro, gshapiro@monkeyboy.WPI.EDU]
-
- ******************** Disk ***************************************
-
- ==============================================
- D1. Why doesn't ULTRIX 4.1 work with disks bigger than 1.2GBytes?
-
- There is a bug in the V4.1 SCSI driver that will only allow it to read
- something like (2 ** 21) or (2 ** 20) LBNs. After that it wraps
- around to the beginning of the disk. It is fixed in V4.2.
-
- ==============================================
- D2. Where can I get a disktab entry for the XXX disk?
-
- A collection of contributed disktab entries is in
- /pub/DEC/ultrix-disktabs on the usual archive machines. Get a copy of
- the file for an up-to-date list.
-
-
- ==============================================
-
- ******************** Programming ***************************************
-
- P1. What does "unaligned access" mean, and how can I fix it?
-
- Unaligned accesses typically come up when programs use malloc(3) or
- other memory allocation routines in atypical ways, or when programs do
- certain (hazardous) kinds of type casts.
-
- malloc(3) returns data aligned to the most restrictive alignment (8
- byte boundaries on MIPS machines). If you are writing your own
- malloc wrapper (say to add a reference count) and you write code like
- this:
-
- char *mymalloc(int size)
- {
- short *newmem;
-
- newmem = (short *) malloc(size + sizeof(short));
- *newmem = 1; /* initialize reference count */
- return (char *) (newmem + 1);
- }
-
- you are then returning a pointer that is no longer 8-byte aligned. Now, code
- like
-
- int *i;
- i = (int *) mymalloc(sizeof(int));
- *i = 10;
-
- will generate unaligned access messages whenever *i is used.
-
- An example of dangerous casting would be something like
-
- char buffer[100];
- int i;
-
- i = (int)*((int *)&buffer[3]);
-
- The program will usually still run correctly, because an exception
- handler in the kernel performs an unaligned read. There are some rare
- cases, however, where the fixed read yields incorrect results. The
- messages are printed by default because one usually wants to know when
- a program is generating the unaligned accesses.
-
- Now, if you're only getting a few of these messages, it might not
- matter, but if you're getting pages of them (or worse, have turned off
- the logger because you were getting so many unaligned access
- messages), you might consider correcting your program.
-
- You can use the uac(1) (Unaligned Acces Message Control) command to
- turn off the messages.
-
- If you want to find the the problem in the source code, you can use dbx.
- Suppose the message is:
-
- Fixed up unaligned data access for pid 2337 (bozo) at pc 0x5ad364
-
- This tells you that the problem occurs in the program "bozo". In dbx,
- you would type, for example:
-
- % dbx bozo
- (dbx) 0x5ad364/i
-
- *[main:206, 0x0x5ad364] lw r0,40(sp)
-
- dbx prints the offending instruction, along with its location: line 206
- in main().
- If you need to do unaligned accesses, you might find the following useful:
-
- int unaligned_load_word(int *src);
- int unaligned_load_half(short *src);
- unsigned int unaligned_load_uhalf(unsigned short *src);
- float unaligned_load_float(float *src);
- double unaligned_load_double(double *src);
-
- void unaligned_store_word(int *dst,int val);
- void unaligned_store_half(short *dst,int val);
- void unaligned_store_float(float *dst,float val);
- void unaligned_store_double(double *dst,double val);
-
- These unaligned access routines are an unsupported component of the
- standard C library on RISC/ULTRIX. They provide for alignment-safe
- access to the primitive data types (short,int,float,double). They are
- fairly fast as they use the special MIPS unaligned instructions
- (LWL,LWR,SWL,SWL) for doing the complicated part of the work.
-
- If you are running ULTRIX 4.2, and you would like to disable the automatic
- fixup of unaligned accesses, use:
-
- #include <sys/syscall.h>
- #include <sys/sysmips.h>
-
- syscall(SYS_sysmips, MIPS_FIXADE, 0, NULL, NULL, NULL);
-
- The above code fragment will disable address fixups for your process,
- and this will be inherited by any children. Where a fixup would have
- occured, you will get a SIGBUS.
-
-
- ******************** Laser & Line Printers **************************
-
- ==============================================
- L1. Where can I get a printcap entry for the XXX printer?
-
- A collection of contributed printcap entries is in
- /pub/DEC/ultrix-printcap on the usual archive machines. Get a copy of
- the file for an up-to-date list.
-
- ******************** Graphics ***************************************
-
- ==============================================
- G1. Why does the X server use so much memory?
-
- Xws and the other other DEC X servers generally grow larger with
- workload, not because of memory leaks. When you start an X server,
- its process is quite small. As applications are started, the server
- allocates memory for a variety of reasons to service requests from
- clients. An example of this is allocating a pixmap. When the
- resource is freed, the corresponding memory is freed back to the
- malloc pool, but the server image doesn't get any smaller. This is
- true of any application where you malloc memory and then free it. If
- your workload is consistent, server growth is asymptotic, growing
- quickly at first, then tapering off. In other words, if you exit the
- application that caused the server to allocate a lot of memory, the
- server size won't shrink when the application exits, but the server
- won't grow any larger if you run the same application the same way
- again.
-
- Of course it's possible that a memory leak in the server still exists.
- If you think you have a memory leak, you should figure out which
- application you run that triggers the leak. You should run that
- application several times, observing the server size with every
- iteration. If the server grows by an appreciable amount each time,
- please file an SPR.
-
- For workstations with minimal memory, we recommend that you use the
- following server command line arguments:
-
- -once (restart the server afresh for each session)
- -su (inhibit save unders)
- -bs (inhibit backing store)
-
- The -su and -bs flags essentially trade CPU for memory, making
- applications work harder in some cases to save server memory. This
- tradeoff isn't as bad as it may sound.
- [Joel Gringorten, gringort@wsl.dec.com]
-
- ==============================================
- G2. How can I build an X11R5 server for an ULTRIX 4.1 machine?
-
- The display device drivers changed significantly between ULTRIX 4.1
- and ULTRIX 4.2. To build an R5 server on ULTRIX 4.1 system, edit the
- Edit the file ultrix.cf in mit/config and #define OSMinorVersion to be
- 1. This should cause the Xcfbpmax server to be built instead of the
- Xdec server. Xdec only runs on ULTRIX 4.2.
-
- ==============================================
- G3. How do I change or get rid of the Digital logo on the login screen of
- my workstation?
-
- To have no logo displayed at all, add this line to /.Xdefaults:
-
- XSessionManager*displayLogo: no
-
- To replace the Digital logo with a different Encapsulated PostScript
- image, add the following to /.Xdefaults:
-
- XSessionManager*logoFile: filename
- XSessionManager*logoFullScreen: true
-
- Make sure that "filename" is the full path to a PostScript file.
- Note that the PostScript should not end with a "showpage" or the page
- will print and then disappear with the "new page."
-
- ==============================================
- G4. How do I run MIT X11 Software?
-
- If you are running with Ultrix 4.2 or later, you should have received
- some sort of distribution media with "Unsupported" subsets on it.
- Among those subsets are the following:
-
- UDXUNFONTS420 'Unsupported MIT Fonts'
- UDXUNMAN420 'Unsupported X11 Reference Pages'
- UDXUNMIT420 'Unsupported X11 Components'
-
- These subsets, in total, provide the fonts, manual pages, and clients
- from the X11 Release 4 distribution from MIT, with a few minimal
- changes to fix problems that cropped up after the MIT release.
-
- If all you want is R4 clients, load the above subsets. These subsets
- were built directly from the X Consortium sources and include all of
- the public patches. The R4 clients will be installed in /usr/bin/X11;
- put that directory in your path in order to access them. An ls on
- /usr/bin/X11 will also reveal the names of the applications that are
- available.
-
- If you have a previous version of Ultrix, or if you need X11 Release
- 5, you will have to build from the X Consortium sources yourself.
- There are some difficulties associated with building Release 4 from
- source on Ultrix versions 4.0 and higher; fortunately, Release 5
- corrects these problems, so be sure to start with a fresh Release 5
- distribution.
-
- Building from source should be a simple matter of editing the
- mit/config/ultrix.cf file and then connecting to the toplevel
- directory and typing ``Make World''. If you are running Ultrix 4.2,
- you don't need to edit ultrix.cf, but for other versions of Ultrix, be
- sure to cd to mit/config and change the OSMinorVersion (and, for
- versions of Ultrix prior to 4.0, the OSMajorVersion) number to the
- appropriate number for your version of Ultrix.
-
- As mentioned in another FAQ answer, the Xdec server provides
- multiscreen capability for colour frame buffers, but features of
- Ultrix required to support this capability are not present prior to
- Ultrix 4.2; for those versions, the Xcfbpmax server will be built;
- this server only supports one display per machine, and only DECstation
- 2100 and 3100 and DECstation 5000 models running with the CX adapter.
-
- The Xdec server should work on the following systems:
-
- DECstation 2100 Monochrome or Color Workstations
- DECstation 3100 Monochrome or Color Workstations
- DECstation 5000/1xx CX, MX or HX Single or Multiscreen Workstations
- DECstation 5000/2xx CX, MX or HX Single or Multiscreen Workstations
-
- The support for the HX option on the above platforms is limited to
- direct frame buffer I/O - the graphics processor present on the HX
- board will not be used. This means that performance with the R5
- server will be substantially worse than performance with the
- DEC-supplied server in most cases. Support for the PX and PXG options
- is not present in R5 in any form. Support for the MX exists, but some
- problems have been reported when attempting to render non-black,
- non-white pixels.
-
- Source to X11 Release Five can be copied across the Internet from
- gatekeeper.dec.com (16.1.0.2), crl.dec.com (192.58.206.2), or
- export.lcs.mit.edu (18.24.0.12). Other internet archives may also
- have full source distributions; asking around on the Usenet newsgroup
- comp.windows.x will probably elicit this information.
-
-
- ==============================================
- G5. How do I build X software that I got from the net?
-
- If you get source code to an X application from somewhere and want to
- build it, here are a few helpful hints:
-
- First, make sure the following subsets are installed:
-
- UDXUNMIT420
- UDXUNFONTS420
-
- You may also find the man pages for the previous two subsets
- useful. They're in:
-
- UDXUNMAN420
-
- Next, add the following line to the end of /usr/lib/X11/config/site.def
-
- #define StandardIncludes -I/usr/include/mit
-
- If there are any README files with the source code, now is a good time
- to read them, and make any changes they suggest.
-
- If you installed the MIT X11 distribution from MIT, rather than the
- ULTRIX subsets, your local configuration may be different.
-
- If there is an Imakefile:
-
- If the source code has a file called "Imakefile" at the top of its
- directory hierarchy, typing the following in that top-level directory
- should build the application:
-
- xmkmf
- make Makefiles
- make depend
- make
-
- To install the application, type
-
- make install
-
-
- If there isn't an Imakefile:
-
- You might have to edit the Makefile to make the application compile.
-
- If ".h" files (like those for the Athena widget set, "Xaw") are not
- being found, adding "-I/usr/include/mit" to the "cc" command(s) in the
- Makefile will usually do the trick.
-
- If you are having problems linking, try using "-lXext-mit" and "-lX11-mit"
- instead of "-lXext" and "-lX11" in the Makefile.
-
- ==============================================
- G6. Why do some applications run slowly on the DECstation PX and PXG
- displays?
-
- The PX and PXG graphics adapters are designed for high-speed
- two-dimensional vector drawing and for high-speed three-dimensional
- rotation and polygon fills, respectively. In order to get maximum
- performance in these specialized areas, both kinds of adapters have
- their own intelligent on-board processor which do high-speed drawing
- operations, and in the case of the PXG, a general purpose RISC
- processor which does 3D rendering, scaling and rotation.
-
- In order to optimize graphics performance, a tradeoff was made on both
- of these boards which prevents your system CPU from directly accessing
- display memory. Allowing your system CPU to directly access display
- memory would, at a minimum, cut the graphics accelerator performance
- by a factor of two, and perhaps more.
-
- Unfortunately, as a result, operations which involve the copying of
- large images (Pixmaps) into or out of display memory are performed
- much more slowly than they would be if the processor were able to
- directly access system memory.
-
- One example of this is the ever-popular background image. The X
- server keeps a Pixmap containing the pattern with which to paint the
- root window; whenever an area of the root window is exposed, the X
- server must copy that portion of the Pixmap over the relatively
- low-performance I/O channel to the PX or PXG adapter, which then
- copies it into display memory.
-
- As a result, iconifying and deiconifying windows can become a fairly
- slow experience, particularly on systems with lower TurboChannel
- bandwidth. In this case, the solution is simple; just use the
- standard, boring background. However, if an application that you use
- actually needs to copy Pixmaps to the screen on a regular basis, you
- will definitely experience slow performance; there's no way to fix
- this problem.
-
- Unless you need the vector performance of the PX or the 3D rendering
- capabilities of the PXG, use one of the several boards DEC produces
- which are optimized for windowing and imaging, such as the CX (dumb
- colour frame buffer), MX (dumb monochrome frame buffer), HX (smart
- colour frame buffer), or TX (imaging colour frame buffer).
-
- ******************** Hardware ***************************************
-
- ==============================================
- H1. What are the pinouts of the MMJ jacks on the back of various DECstations
- and VAXstations?
-
- This describes the 6-pin modified modular jack (MMJ) used for serial ports
- on various DECstations and VAXstations, as well as on other DEC equipment.
-
- DEC carries four DB-to-MMJ adaptors. They are internally wired as follows
-
- Rdy Out TX+ TX- RX- RX+ Rdy In
- Adaptor Gender 1 2 3 4 5 6 Use with:
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
- H8575-A F 20 2 7 7 3 6&8 VTxxx terminal
- H8571-C M 6 3 7 7 2 20 DEC printer
- H8571-D M 6 3 7 7 2 20 Modem
- H8571-E M 20 2 7 7 3 6&8 Female terminal
- or LaserWriter
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------
-
- RS-232 using DB-25 connectors:
- DTE DCE
- Terminal Modem
- or computer
- Pin Number Signal Name
- 2 TD Transmit Data -->
- 3 RD Receive Data <--
- 7 GND Ground ---
- 6 DSR Data Set Ready <--
- 8 DCD Data Carrier Detect <--
- 20 DTR Data Terminal Ready -->
-
-
-
- ==============================================
- H2. How do I set the SCSI ID on an RZ25?
-
- Back by the power connector are a row of 3 jumpers. These set the scsi
- id. The one closest to the power connector is bit 2, and you install a
- jumper to get a "1". The default id is 7, which conflicts with the
- controller. Note that the mounting bracket on the drive covers these
- jumpers, so they are not immediately obvious.
-
-
- ==============================================
- H3. How can I get detailed information on the TURBOchannel?
-
- The TURBOchannel is a 32bit synchronous I/O channel that is currently
- used on products in the VAX, MIPS and ALPHA architectures. It is used
- in both the workstation and server based systems. Software support for
- VMS, Ultrix, and OSF/1 will be provided for the applicable systems
- under thos three architectures. For specific product information
- contact your local DEC sales person.
-
- Use of the TURBOchannel does not require any license or fees. It is
- free to both option and system vendors alike. The documentation that
- is provided on-line is available for public use and may be copied, in
- its entirety, and distributed freely.
-
-
- Overview information: There is a postscript presentation available on line at
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TURBO.ps
- /TURBO.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
-
- The script for the presentation is a postscript file
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TURBO_README.ps
- /TURBO_README.ps (compressed file)
-
-
- TURBOchannel Specifications: Are available on-line in postscript format for
- anonymous ftp at
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/turbo_hw_spec.ps (hardware spec)
- /turbo_hw_spec.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/turbo_fw_spec.ps (firmware spec)
- /turbo_fw_spec.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/turbo_sys_params.ps (system params)
- /turbo_sys_params.ps.Z (compressed)
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/tci_spec05c.ps (ASIC spec)
- /tci_spec05c.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- TURBOchannel Industry Group: The TURBOchannel protocol specifications belong
- to an open industry group. The TcIG information
- and meeting minutes can be found in the file
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/tcigmeeting.ps (meeting minutes)
- /tcigmeeting.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- TURBOchannel Support: Technical support for TURBOchannel Option and System
- developers is available through Digital's TRI/ADD
- Program. Membership in Digital's TRI/ADD Program is
- free of charge. For more information contact
-
- Digital's TRI/ADD Program 1.800.678.OPEN Canada & US
- 529 Bryant Ave. PAG-2 1.415.617.3452 Outside North America
- Palo Alto, CA 94301-1616 1.415.853.0155 FAX
- triadd@decwrl.dec.com
- [AJ Casamento, ajc@pa.dec.com]
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- H4. What third-party hardware can I get for the TURBOchannel? **NEW**
-
- There is a postscript version of the TRI/ADD Shippable Products
- Catalog available for anonymous FTP at
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TAcatalog.ps
- /TAcatalog.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- for Asian countries, the file is
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TA+catalog.ps
- /TA+catalog.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
-
- The catalog contains more than just TURBOchannel based products, but
- the TURBOchannel products have a special logo next to them which makes
- them easy to identify. An overview list (without product details) of
- the catalog is the postscript file
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/shortTAcatalog.ps
- /shortTAcatalog.ps.Z (compressed file)
-
- or the text file
-
- gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/shortTAcatalog.txt
- /shortTAcatalog.txt.Z (compressed)
-
- [AJ Casamento, ajc@pa.dec.com]
-
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- H5. Can I mix 8-Megabyte and 32-Megabyte boards in the DECstation 5000/xxx
- family?
-
- All DS5000 series machines set the memory stride from the first memory
- array module (this is true of the Personal DECstation and the
- DS5000/1xx series and not just the DS5000/2xx machines). The only
- supported configurations are those in which all of the memory array
- modules are of the same capacity.
-
- Memory array module types are:
-
- MS01-AA 1Mbit DRAM DS2100,DS3100,PDS5000/20,PDS5000/25,DS5000/120,
- DS5000/125,DS5000/133
- MS01-CA 4Mbit DRAM PDS5000/20,PDS5000/25,DS5000/120,DS5000/125,
- DS5000/133
- MS02-AA 1Mbit DRAM DS5000/200,DS5000/240
- MS02-CA 4Mbit DRAM DS5000/200,DS5000/240
-
- However, you can place one memory array module of a smaller capacity
- at the end of a series of higher capacity modules.
-
- Slot Module
-