uVAX-I and Plessy systems (was RE: VAXstation 3100 history)

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Wed Dec 1 15:33:00 1999

<looking forward to getting that MicroVAX 3100 is it will free me from the
<tyranny of small, slow, fragile and increasingly rare MFM disks. One downs
<I caught from a FAQ is that SCSI MicroVAXen don't like disks over 1.07Gb -
<too many blocks to keep track of with a 21-bit pointer. Fortunately, I hav
<a couple of old DEC 3105's I can pull off of an Amiga. Quite the disks in
<their day, but discards now.

The problem is the boot and system tracks must be in the first 1gig. I've
never seen problems with larger.

Allison
Received on Wed Dec 01 1999 - 15:33:00 GMT

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