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Article #110Re: VAX 4000/100 info sought
From: sharpe
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:43
Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:43
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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. Regards Richard Sharpe These opinions be mine, Digital has its own!
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Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!gossip.pyramid.com!decwrl!pa.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!adodem.enet.dec.com!sharpe From: sharpe@adodem.enet.dec.com Subject: Re: VAX 4000/100 info sought Message-ID: <1992Jul24.001454.6984@engage.pko.dec.com> Sender: newsdaemon@engage.pko.dec.com (USENET News Daemon) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Distribution: usa Date: Fri, 24 Jul 1992 14:43:09 GMT Lines: 33