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DECstation 3100 info.

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From: Frederick M. Avolio
Date: Wed, 25 Jan 1989 02:51
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In article <986@isieng.UUCP> seenu@isieng.UUCP (Seenu Banda) writes:
>In article <414@laic.UUCP>, darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) writes:
>
>> have one for the 3100.  They also include a small disk hidden in the box
>                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> that can be used to boot the machine, with NFS used for everything else
>
>This is really interesting. This is the first time I heard about a hidden
>disk in the 3100. Does anybody know more about this disk? How small (or
>big) is it? 10MB? 

It is 104MB.  2 fit in the system box.

Fred
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References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <414@laic.UUCP> <986@isieng.UUCP> <420@laic.UUCP>

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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!lll-winken!ames!haven!decuac!avolio
From: avolio@decuac.dec.com (Frederick M. Avolio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.arch
Subject: DECstation 3100 info.
Message-ID: <2602@decuac.DEC.COM>
Date: 25 Jan 89 02:51:47 GMT
References: <979@isieng.UUCP> <414@laic.UUCP> <986@isieng.UUCP> <420@laic.UUCP>
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