Well the cool thing is if you get the CPU and memory you can "upgrade" you
MicroVAX II to a much faster box! :-) And postage should be affordable. Now
I don't generally like to see working systems parted out but a KA660 (that
is the VAX 4000/200 CPU) for $5 is a great deal.
--Chuck
At 02:30 AM 6/3/02 -0500, Gunther Schadow wrote:
>Chuck McManis wrote:
>
>>Hi Gunthar,
>>Sorry to be the bearer of bad news, but the only way to upgrade the
>>4000/200 to a 4000/705a is to replace the backplane in the chassis. The
>>4000/300 and above only run in the BA430 chassis (whereas the 4000/200
>>could run in the BA213 and BA215)
>>Sometimes a /300 has the faster backplane, all /400's and above do.
>
>
>Well, Chuck, I should have payed attention to this. But at $5
>purchase price I guess a 4000/200 is good enough. I just had
>second thoughts before paying $200 for shipping this thing.
>Now, suppose I could find a /300 packplane from a parts seller,
>how could he tell the difference between the faster/wider and
>the traditional Qbus one? Also, if that was clear, what accessory
>parts should I make sure I also get, like special cables,
>different power supply cables, mounting hardware, that sort of
>stuff?
>
>thanks,
>-Gunther
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>Gunther Schadow, M.D., Ph.D. gschadow_at_regenstrief.org
>Medical Information Scientist Regenstrief Institute for Health Care
>Adjunct Assistant Professor Indiana University School of Medicine
>tel:1(317)630-7960 http://aurora.regenstrief.org
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Received on Mon Jun 03 2002 - 12:13:54 BST