More info RE: KA650 & uVAX

From: CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com <(CLASSICCMP_at_trailing-edge.com)>
Date: Thu May 6 01:44:25 1999

>>>Yep, you got it! [Q/CD all across]
>>
>>Cool, also the wide spacing to allow the metal covers fooled me for a
>>minute, there is only 11 slots in these puppies.
>Let me see if I've a few facts straight here. This is a BA213 you're
>talking about, and this is the same backplane as would be in a DECserver
>550.

Right. Note that there are Skunk Box enclosures where the first
3 or 4 or 6 slots aren't Q-bus at all. Various 4000-xxx series
boxes, in particular.

> Now for the really STUPID question, Q/CD means that all slots are
>full height, like the first 3 or 4 on a BA123.

Again, on the nose!

Tim.
Received on Thu May 06 1999 - 01:44:25 BST