Organization: Robert Gezelter Software Consultant, Flushing, NY
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In article <woodbe.721933501@craft.camp.clarkson.edu>, woodbe@craft.camp.clarkson.edu (Brian E. Wood) writes:
> Hi,
>
> I'm new to this group because I'm trying to find out about about a DEC Pro 350
> computer. I am in a group that owns one and we are hoping to upgrade it for
> our use, which only means about 20 people would have access to it. Our
> DEC has a 10 Meg hard drive, 256k of RAM, and a dual floppy drive of
> undetermined size. We would like to get a larger hard drive between 100-200
> Megs in size, an ethernet card, and increased RAM.
>
> What I would like to know is if it is possible to upgrade this system into something usable, or tradeable. Or who to get into contact with about these questions.
>
>
> Thank you.
> Please e-mail me
>
> Brian E. Wood woodbe@craft.camp.clarkson.edu
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Brian,
Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the largest drive that
can be hooked up to a PRO 350 is the DEC RD53 (the DEC relabel of
the Micropolis 1325, which works quite well). However, to use
this drive on your 350, you will need to have the later version
of the disk controller, which postdates many Pro 350's.
P/OS is can support more than one user on the machine at a time,
but, since I presume that you do not have the multiple serial
line add-in option, that limits you to two users (one on the
console, and one on the "printer" port).
Memory capacity is maxed out at 1MB (If memory serves correctly,
the CTI bus only includes 20 address lines on the etch).