[rescue] DECstation 5000

[Eric Dittman]

> > Okay, I got around to looking at the DECstation 5000 at $WORK.
> > I thought it was a /240, but it is a /200.  There aren't any
> > TC cards installed, but all the memory slots are filled.  I'll
> > have to set everything up to see how much memory is installed,
> > and what operating system is on the disk.
> 
> I'm sure I probably don't have to tell you this (our resident DEC
> weenie =) ), but the /200 is still a SWEET machine.  Turbochannel
> runs at 25Mhz instead of 12.5Mhz for the /1xx, 25 Mhz processor
> and I seem to recall the memory is faster than that in the /1xx
> series.  Especially if it's filled with memory, that's a score
> and a half.

I agree, there's nothing wrong with the /200.  I used to have
a DECstation 2100, but it went to that Great Bitbucket in the
Sky (I dropped a drive on it with the case open and cracked
the motherboard).
-- 
Eric Dittman
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