MicroVAX-II questions

From: Allison <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Fri Mar 8 13:10:28 2002

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
>> -----Original Message-----
>> From: Doc Shipley [mailto:doc_at_mdrconsult.com]
>
>> Everything VMS I've looked at says the DEQNA is unsupported in VMS
>> >v5.2. Is that unsupported as in "don't call DEC/Compaq/HP", or
>> unsupported as in "it don't work"? Am I stuck with NetBSD then? Does
>> anyone know if NBSD will mop-boot over the DEQNA? I don't have VMS
>> older than 6.2.
>
>ISTR that's correct, and that's unsupported as in "We never could get it
>to work right, so you're on your own..." The suggested solution I've
>seen is to replace it with a DELQA board. :)

Wrong! Unsupported means don't call if it don't work. It does not mean
it will not work. It does work and if the DEQNA is working as it should
(some dont) with few problems. It was done to retire the DEQNA as a
then very old design that was replaced by the better, lower cost DELQA.
You can get away with a DEQNA as late as 5.4-4, I'm running one!

I was a digit then, and it was significant to my projects so I was in
the loop as it were.

Allison
Received on Fri Mar 08 2002 - 13:10:28 GMT