[rescue] 2 Quick Dec PWS Questions

[alex at lava-net.com]

Hi,
Thanks for this information.  Why would it be hard to get SRM installed 
on an A-series workstation?
Sorry my knowledge of these is limitted, I did a couple of projects on 
some 600AUs in college and have always wanted to aquire an Alpha of this 
vintage.

On Thu, Sep 24, 2009 at 09:16:19AM +0200, Jochen Kunz wrote:
> On Wed, 23 Sep 2009 21:32:31 -0400
> alex at lava-net.com wrote:
> 
> > First, is there any hardware difference between the A and AU series, or
> > are the diferences just in firmware?
> Firmware and the add on components build into the box. The A was soled
> with IDE HDD / CDROM, the AU came with an additional SCSI adapter and
> SCSI HDD / CDROM. If you want add SCSI yourself: Any Symbios Logic or
> QLogic SCSI (or FC) adapter of that vintage should work.
> 
> > If it's just firmware, can a
> > A-series machine be flashed with SRM so VMS or True64can be run?
> Yes. But it may be tricky to get SRM on a A.
> 
> > Second, Do these take standard SDRAM? I've seen conflicting reports on
> > this, and am not sure what to believe.
> Plain SDRAM, ECC, CL-2!!!, PC100 or PC133. Can't remember if
> registered / buffered or not. IIRC They need at least PC83, but will
> also run with PC100 or PC133. I had PC133 in mine. The important part
> is AFAIK CL-2.
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