TU-58 questions

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_qwest.net>
Date: Sun Jul 8 18:17:46 2001

A VS3100 isn't a "crippled" version of the hardware, but you
wouldn't want multiple users slowing down your graphics
updates. So DEC decided to market a VS3100 as a single user
system where the full CPU power was available for graphics
intensive applications, and the uVAX3100 as a multi-user
machine.

You CAN install a multi user VMS license pak on a VS3100 and
have more than one person log in.

DEC did offer a crippled version of the uVAX II (Or was it
a VSII/GPX?), that had most of the expansion slots filled
with epoxy to prevent upgrades. This was sold at a steep
discount, but there was a run on replacement uVAX II qbus
backplanes and the line was discontinued...

Clint


On Sun, 8 Jul 2001, John Allain wrote:

> Eric said:
> > A VAXstation 3100 can run versions of OpenVMS later than 5.4.
>
> I may have overspent my budget for pestering with that OT thing,
> but, a question here if I may. If a vS3100 can run VMS then why
> have a uVAX3100? I imagine that the stations are "crippled"
> when compared to the non-"stations". Can anyone back this up/
> fill me in a little? P.S. I have two of the supposed cripples, no software,
> but no uV3100.
>
> John A.
>
>
>
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