KA650 in MicroVAX II BA123?

From: Eric Smith <eric_at_brouhaha.com>
Date: Sun Nov 5 15:09:21 2000

I wrote:
> Although it appears that DEC did not sell a MicroVAX III as a new
> product, they offered a MicroVAX II to MicroVAX III upgrade that
> icluded the KA650, MS650, and a new nameplate.

Allison wrote:
> Yes and the 3200, 3400 and 3600 seris VAXes had what cpus?
>
> Hint the KA650 was not a upgrade only cpu, it happens that it's Qbus
> and fits in any BAxx3 box.

I wrote:
> And those don't say "MicroVAX III" on them anywhere, now do they?

Allison wrote:
> None did. From MVII on the term became just Microvax despite going
> from MVIII, Nvax, NVAX-5 and other varients of the VAX on a chip.
> if You wanted a MicrovaxIII cpu in a new box you bought a Microvax3x00
> (3200, 3400).

I wrote:
> Bzzt! I've *personally* seen a BA123 MicroVAX II get upgraded to
> a MicroVAX III complete with a new nameplate with that name. It did
> NOT just say "MicroVAX".

Allison wrote:
> Dammit, I was talking about new build. I know about the upgrades.
> Ok, go to the old catalogs and try and buy a MicrovaxIII system as new
> build.

Look back to the top of this message to see how the thread started.
Big hint: I *never* claimed that they offered it as no build. In fact,
I specifically said that I thought they did NOT. That's why I haven't
been able to figure out why you've been set on "correcting" me.

Can we move on to something else now?
Received on Sun Nov 05 2000 - 15:09:21 GMT