home *** CD-ROM | disk | FTP | other *** search
- Path: sparky!uunet!olivea!isc-br!bunker!nuconvex!aminet!barrett
- From: barrett@aminet.uucp (Keith Barrett)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
- Subject: Re: VAXstation questions...
- Message-ID: <1992Jul23.031251@aminet.uucp>
- Date: 23 Jul 92 03:12:51 GMT
- References: <1992Jul21.185430.12950@nic.unh.edu>
- Sender: news@aminet.uucp
- Reply-To: barrett%aminet@nuconvex.com
- Distribution: usa
- Organization: Waterbury USENET/UUCP
- Lines: 25
- X-Copyright: (c) 1992 Keith Barrett; May be distributed freely, Not for sale
- X-Disclaimer: Statements expressed are not representitive of any employer
- X-NewsSoftware: XRN V6.17 Amiga UNIX SVR4
-
- In article <1992Jul21.185430.12950@nic.unh.edu>, tch@kepler.unh.edu (Travis C Hayes) writes:
- >I pulled an old VAXstation I case out of the dumpster yesterday and I
- >wondered if anyone knows anything about these machines. I got 4 boards
- >with it (don't know if they work): 2 4M memory boards (150ns yuck!),
- >and a set of 2 boards linked with a 50 pin flat ribbon cable (I'd love
- >to know what this is, there's a prominent flat chip on it that just says
- >SEEQ).
-
- The information in the artwork etching that appears along the edge of the PC
- boards is more helpful than the chip stamps.
-
- My guess, since you named the memory boards already, is that the other 2
- boards are the CPU and disk controller (KDA-50)
-
- The memory boards MUST be located in the 1st 2 slots of the system
- (and if I remember, they also needed a ribbon cable)
-
- --
- -kgb
-
- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
- UUCP: nuconvex.com!aminet!barrett Keep circulating the tapes - MST3k
- DDN: barrett%aminet.uucp@decwrl.dec.com // My life is my own - the prisoner
- Alternate: barrett@pamsrc.enet.dec.com \X/ Amiga 3000UX - The Next Generation
- --------------------------------------------------------------------------------
-