[geeks] Eeeek

[Eric Dittman]

> > > Bringing a mainframe up with a full set of
> > > power-on tests takes about half an hour.
> > That fast? Ragge (NetBSD VAX portmaster) told once that they have a full
> > blown VAX 8800 with 1/2GB RAM up there in north sweden. The RAM test
> > only takes 45 minutes. Usually they bring the machine once a year down
> > to replace broken disks. (There are about 5 to 6 dozen connected to that
> > machine.)
> 
> I didn't even know that you could get 128MB RAM's for a VAX 8800 (I have
> one of these machine).  And don't forget that this is a three-year-old
> mainframe.

There are two backplanes.  The older one has a limit of six
memory cards, and the newer one can hold eight memory cards.
Eight 64MB cards will give you 512MB.
-- 
Eric Dittman
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