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- From: sharpe@adodem.enet.dec.com
- Subject: Re: VAX 4000/100 info sought
- Message-ID: <1992Jul24.001454.6984@engage.pko.dec.com>
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- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
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- Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:43:09 GMT
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- In article <1992Jul23.204648.17740@newssun.med.miami.edu>, pikarsky@maniac.med.miami.edu (Nick Pikarsky) writes...
- >We are considering the purchase of either a MicroVax 3100/90 or
- >a VAX 4000/100. They are both rated at 24VUP and have a max memory of
- >128 MB, the major difference that I can see is the addition of one
- >DSSI to the VAX 4000/100. The problem we have with the 3100/90 is that
- >I cannot hang enough disk on it for our needs, along with the tape and
- >cd-rom we also need.
- >
- >The 4000/100 claims to be able to address 28Gb
- >of disk storage, with the rf73's (2Gb drive) that would only give you
- >14Gb. It has a SCSI for internal tape and cd-rom, so my question is
- >how do we get the extra disk on the unit?? Is the SCSI available
- >outside the box? Do I need to get the optional q-bus? One article I
- >read indicated that the max disk was based on having a KFQSA in
- >addition, what does all this mean???
- >
- >Thanks in advance to anyone who might have an answer to these few
- >questions as so far I have not been able to get an answer from my
- >local sales force..
- >
- > nick pikarsky
- > pikarsky@maniac.med.miami.edu
- >
- >
- This is just a guess, but add the TC addapter and a TC SCSI controller, and
- then you get another 7 SCSI IDs and some more storage ...
-
- Don't know what version of VMS you need though, but perhaps AJ can say.
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- Regards
- Richard Sharpe
- These opinions be mine, Digital has its own!
-