Vax 6000-430 upgrade to 6000-620

From: Geoff Roberts <geoffrob_at_stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au>
Date: Tue May 6 22:52:01 2003

----- Original Message -----
From: "Huw Davies" <Huw.Davies_at_kerberos.davies.net.au>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, May 07, 2003 1:12 PM
Subject: Re: Vax 6000-430 upgrade to 6000-620


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> 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

I have some ram that is suitable if the installed stuff isn't I think.

> 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.

Ok, that was the bit I needed to know. I was fairly sure it was just that, but wanted to be certain I wasn't going to blow anything
up.
If the RAM can't handle the pace I can solve that. I was just concerned about the CPU's and the regulator..

Thanks Huw.


Cheers


Geoff
Received on Tue May 06 2003 - 22:52:01 BST