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- From: ajc@pa.dec.com (AJ Casamento)
- Subject: Re: Turbochannel Adapter for 4000-60?
- In-Reply-To: osyjm@cs.montana.edu's message of Fri, 14 Aug 1992 21:45:26 GM
- Message-ID: <AJC.92Aug14191318@thendara.pa.dec.com>
- Sender: news@PA.dec.com (News)
- Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation
- References: <1992Aug14.151407.1@wharfin.mit.edu>
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- Date: 14 Aug 92 19:13:18
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- In article <1992Aug14.214526.9885@coe.montana.edu> osyjm@cs.montana.edu
- (Jaye Mathisen) writes:
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- >> In article <1992Aug14.151407.1@wharfin.mit.edu> lang@wharfin.mit.edu writes:
- >> >Hello,
- >> >
- >> >Has anyone in net.land actually installed a DWCTX Turbochannel adapter in a
- >> >VAXStation 4000-60? I have had one on order for about 4 months, and was
- >> >told recently (in the last day or so) that the DWCTX is on engineering hold
- >> >,thus I have not recieved one yet. Could someone please enlighted me and or
- >> >the rest of the net as to the status of the DWCTX? I have a PMAZ SCSI
- >> >controller and a stack of CD-ROM drives that I would really like to get
- >> >on-line.
-
- Yes. We have one running in a VS4000/60 system here in TRI/ADD. We are
- running FT code for VMS Amber. As to the public status (I know that it
- will ship soon) I'll have to ask the product manager what I can say in
- public.
-
- >> Same here...
-
- >> I suspect what happened is DEC picked a part number out of the air, and then
- >> decided to see how many people wanted it before they actually put
- >> engineering effort into designing the damn thing.
-
- Bzzzt. Wrong. Thank you for playing anyway (sorry, don't mean to sound
- flip, but we're just not that evil). The product has been designed and
- hardware/software have been in test for several months. We are doing
- the best that we can to get device drivers up and rolling as quickly as
- possible.
-
- >> I bought a 4000/60 because my rep assured me that I could put the 2 scsi
- >> interfaces in. I now have a nice 4000/60 sitting here waiting to do the
- >> job it was originally designed for, that I've paid for.
-
- It does run the PMAZ-AB (TURBOchannel SCSI Host Adapter) and you will
- be able to use it in that fashion (just like you planned).
-
- >> Pisses me off. On the other hand, my HP9000/730's are doing the job the
- >> VAX was supposed to do very nicely... You can bet where my money's going
- >> next time.
-
- I do apologize for the delays. The factory is installing the ECO to all
- of the adapter modules that were built. In addition, please remember
- that you will need the next release of VMS (the Amber release) in order
- to support TURBOchannel on the VS4000/xx. By that I mean either the
- VS4000/60 or the VS4000/90. Adding a new I/O subsystem to the release
- takes some time. Particularly in an attempt to be able to support as
- many of the TURBOchannel options as we can, as soon as we can. If you
- grab a copy of the TRI/ADD Shippable Products Catalog, you'll note that
- that covers a lot of functionality. It will probably be an ongoing
- increase in support over time.
-
- gatekeeper 16.1.0.2 gatekeeper:pub/DEC/TriAdd/TAcatalog.ps
-
- >> --
- >> Jaye Mathisen, COE Systems Manager (406) 994-4780
- >> 410 Roberts Hall,Dept. of Computer Science
- >> Montana State University,Bozeman MT 59717 osyjm@cs.montana.edu
-
-
- I'll post whatever I can as soon as I hear from the product manager.
- I hope that clears things up somewhat.
-
- Thanx,
- AJ
-
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