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In article <1993Jan21.113055.12901@csd.uwe.ac.uk>, r_voisey@csd.uwe.ac.uk (R
Voisey) writes:
>One further query has resulted, however.  If the DEQNA is obsolete, how should
>one go about fitting ethernet to a MV2?  

The current board is called the DELQA. There are a couple of versions, I think
one is faster than the other. Once upon a time DEC had a special trade in deal
where for $600 (approx.) you could trade up to a DELQA. You might talk to a DEC
salesthingy and see if you can get that deal. They extended it several times, so
who knows, it might still be available.

>I don't plan to upgrade beyond 5.3,
>but I'm seriously considering Ultrix - I assume it's also dropped DEQNA
>support..?

I dunno. I think the DEQNA is still supported on PDP's so it might still be
supported on Ultrix. I'd find out before spending any money.
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In article <1993Jan21.134315@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
> The current board is called the DELQA. There are a couple of versions, I think
> one is faster than the other. Once upon a time DEC had a special trade in deal
> where for $600 (approx.) you could trade up to a DELQA. You might talk to a DEC
> salesthingy and see if you can get that deal. They extended it several times, so
> who knows, it might still be available.

  Actually, the current board is the DELQA-YM (also known as the "Turbo DELQA"
or the "DEQTA"). The trade-up program was from the DEQNA or the DELQA to the
DELQA-YM. It was (is?) managed by Digital Assisted Services at 800-225-5385,
and it's unlikely that your sales person will be aware of it. I'd suggest call-
ing DAS and seeing if it's still going on.

> I dunno. I think the DEQNA is still supported on PDP's so it might still be
> supported on Ultrix. I'd find out before spending any money.

  As of the last time I looked (November '92) the DEQNA was supported every-
where Ethernet is supported except VMS.

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