> Hello,
>
> I know some of you are former VAX field service technicians or
> have other deep working knowledge of this: what exactly (!)
> does it take to upgrade a VAX 11/780 to a VAX 11/785 (or
> 11/780-5 as it was called.) I believe this includes changing
> the SBI backplane. But what else does it include? Is the
> console computer any different? Power supply?
> thanks for your advice,
> -Gunther
>
The CPU backplane gets swapped along with the board set.
I believe the console 11/03 may get more memory as well (my memory
is a bit hazy on that). IIRC it goes to 28kw from 16kw.
I think power is still the same.
The console software load is different
The 11/785 has more wcs so you need 11/785 console software with
different microcode -- so without the RX01 disks you'll never
boot the machine.
Bill
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Received on Tue Aug 28 2001 - 07:19:52 BST