Vax 6000-430 upgrade to 6000-620

From: vance_at_neurotica.com <(vance_at_neurotica.com)>
Date: Sun May 11 20:04:27 2003

On Wed, 7 May 2003, Antonio Carlini wrote:

> > > 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..
>
> I've missed the beginning of this thread, but if I got
> the gist of it right, my recollection (albeit
> fuzzy now) is that the -500 and -600 need the
> later memory and won't work with the older memory.
>
> To be sure, pick up the relevant manuals, which you
> can probably find by searching here:
> http://vt100.net/manx/

And wasn't there a backplane revision change between the -200 and -400
somewhere?

Peace... Sridhar
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 20:04:27 BST

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