Vax 6000-430 upgrade to 6000-620

From: Huw Davies <Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au>
Date: Tue May 6 22:44:00 2003

At 12:46 PM 7/05/2003 +0930, Geoff Roberts wrote:
>Following a successful trans-Pacific trade, (for a DRQ3B) I have the
>following that will (theoretically) upgrade my Vax 6000-430 to
>a 6000-620.
>
>2 T2054-AA 6000-600 CPUs
>1 T2019 3.3V regulator, 25A
>
>Can Antonio or one of the other DEC experts confirm that there are no
>other hardware mods required to the Vax 6000-200/300/400
>series cabinets (this particular machine was originally a 6000-310 IIRC)
>to support the 500 & 600 series cpu boards other than the
>insertion of the T2019 3.3v regulator board? ie no re-cabling etc?
>AFAIK this is a plug it in and go field upgrade but would like to confirm
>it before committing irreplaceable hardware to possible
>destruction.
>Can't seem to find much on the web about the process itself.

It's been a while since I worked on 6000 series VAXen (it's about 4 years
since I left La Trobe Uni). My immediate recollection is that the upgrade
requires new CPUs and new memory as well - although it might be that the
memory I had was too small/old to work in the 6000-300 that became a
6000-500. I do recall it was just a matter of pulling the old stuff out and
adding the new stuff in.

Huw Davies | e-mail: Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au
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Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 22:44:00 BST