firefox

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Thu Sep 16 02:43:11 1999

> I have a VaxStation 3520 in the garage that seems to boot. I gather it's
...
> It seems like a really nice box

I've got one. It's a marginally OK box.

> except for the BI bus

It's not BI. It's a special bus used only by the Firefox machines
(3520 and 3540).

Even though the box looks similar on the outside, it's not at all
like a 3500 on the inside.

> (it has Qbus too!),

There were two different Q-bus adapters that could be used in it,
and both were crocks for different reasons. Apparently the TK50
controller was just about the only NPG Q-bus card that worked reliably
in the thing.
Received on Thu Sep 16 1999 - 02:43:11 BST