>> Now how on earth are you getting a FWD card to work in PWS500au's, or maybe
>> I should ask which card? That's a KZPSA isn't it? I tried the KZPSA I
>> just got in my PWS433au, and it wouldn't boot, as it complained about an
>> unrecognized card.
>
>I'm using KZPSA cards.
OK, that's wierd, looks like I'll have to do some inquiring on comp.os.vms.
>I've got an ISP1040A built-in as well
>on one of the PWS systems and an Intraserver U2W/Ethernet card
>in the other. The Intraserver is a leftover from when I was
>using a PC164LX system. I'm going to replace the board set
>in the other system with a set that includes the ISP1040A.
>At that point I'll remove the Intraserver card. That's
>another reason I want to find a couple of empty 5.25" SBB
>cases; I want to avoid trying to use the built-in ISP1040A
>controllers with external devices (which is not supported
>but may work).
You're going to remove the Intraserver card?!?!?! If it was me I'd be
putting a couple decent sized U2W SCSI disks on that sucker, instead of
messing around with UW or worse SCSI disks! I'd really like to add an
Intraserver card with a 3rd party tower of Ultra160 disks, that's my
long-term plan.
BTW, it sounds like your ISP1040A is on the Motherboard itself? My
controller is a PCI card, while running Narrow SCSI devices off the
connector on the board isn't supported, it works. You can plug your UW
SCSI disks to the 68-pin connector, and Narrow to the 50-pin connector.
What are you using for Graphics Cards? I've got an Elsa Gloria in my
PWS433au, and it totally sucks. I get definite ripple on the left side
when scrolling web pages in Netscape, and some problems when doing other
things.
>From what I've read the big difference between the DLTx000 drives and
>the equivalent TZ8x drives is the TZ8x drives will read TK50/TK70 tapes,
>but I haven't tried yet. I suppose one could try to write the TZ8x
>firmware in the DLTx000 drives, but I'd rather just buy a cheap TK70
>off eBay than risk destroying my DLT4000.
That's the difference, however, as far as I know, it's not a firmware
issue, it's a calibration issue. I'm not worried about reading TK70's
really, but it would be nice to be able to read TK50's, still I've a TZ30
for that.
>The AS200 4/233 was my first Alpha (my wife bought it for me
>to replace my VS3100, which I still have). I followed that
>with a couple of PC164 motherboards, then a PC164SX (which
>can't run VMS, so I used it for Digital Unix until I sold
>it), followed by a PC164LX, followed by three PWS500au systems
>(one of which has a ruined case but was bought as it had a
>2MB cache module). I have someone digging up a replacement
>case, and I'm on the lookout for two more 2MB (or 4MB if
>I get lucky) cache modules. The PWS500au systems displaced
>the PC164 and PC164LX systems for VMS, so the PC164LX is
>my Tru64 system now. I also have a VS4000-60 running. The
>two VS3100 systems are kept around just-in-case, and I have
>a MVII which I'm mentioned is in line for a PDP-11 transplant
>as soon as I find a CPU and memory.
Sounds like as bad of a menagerie as I've got around here, though instead
of the PC164 stuff I've got a DEC3000/300LX and the AlphaStation 500/333.
I just unlobotomized and increased the PDP-11/73 I've got in a MVII BA123
Chassis, I got a quad-hieght /73 board for it in place of the dual-hieght
/73 I'd been using and some other stuff. It's *SO* nice finally running
with a full blown board, and having the console at 38,400 instead of 9600!
Zane
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Received on Mon Apr 30 2001 - 14:35:52 BST