Weird question, VAX VS4000/VLC

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Sat Apr 29 01:06:46 2000

>I've got two VAX VS4000/VLC workstations, both with 24MB, one with a disk
>and one without.
>
>One takes two or three minutes to perform the memory test at power on and
>the other takes maybe 20 - 30 seconds. Any idea what could cause this
>descrepancy?
>
>--Chuck

I believe it's two different types of RAM tests, it sounds like the one has
the abbreviated search set. At least ISTR reading about that when I was
looking through a manual for the VLC's last weekend.

Unfortunatly that manual isn't accessable right now.

                        Zane
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