21 Sep
2001
21 Sep
'01
9:35 a.m.
On Fri, 21 Sep 2001, Carlini, Antonio wrote:
The reason why I was asking is that I've seen a lot of sellers selling
boards that would work in both 7000 and 8400 boxen.
Yes, I've seen that one.
Absurdly
Obtuse wrote:
Is it possible to put a Laserbus PCI Hose from an AlphaServer 8400
in my
VAX 7000? The concept boggles the mind. Also,
does anyone know
where I
I don't know what the differences are between the TurboLaser
bus (as in the AS 8400) and the Laserbus (on the
VAX 7000/DEC 7000). If it works you will have the pleasure of
writing some
VAX drivers for PCI. Don;t forget that some LSB modules
had Alpha-only firmware: I presume they had carnal
knowledge of Alpha MMG data structures which
are different on VAX. So just because it does not
smoke when you drop it in the slot does not
mean it is useful!
That's what I was getting at. If I could get my VAX 7000 system running
with PCI cards, then I could do some *serious* expansion to my VAXcluster.
All has to do with the quantity of PCI cards currently being made.
can find TXXX
XMI/BI, EXXX Laserbus, and other reference numbers
for
boards?
For VAXBI, VAXft and XMI you can start here:
http://www.stmarks.pp.catholic.edu.au/vax/ There are various "field guides"
dotted around the
net that cover Omnibus, Qbus and UNIBUS.
I'll look for "field guides" and see what pops up.
I've got a list somewhere of LSB and FBUS
stuff. Is there anything specific you
wanted?
Actually, I just wanted to put name and function to all the part numbers I
am seeing floating around the 'net.
Peace... Sridhar
Antonio