Subject: UDB hardware questions.
To: None <rat@nas.nasa.gov, oster@cs.usask.ca, mjacob@feral.feral.com>
From: Jonathan Sturges <jonathan@cc.odu.edu>
List: port-alpha
Date: 09/26/1996 15:42:53
Thanks for all who said they'd be willing to answer some UDB/Multia
hardware questions for me. What I have is an VX40A-F2. Here we go:
UDB questions:
* What is the latest firmware, ARC & SRM? It sounds like there's
different versions of each; true?
* The machine holds both ARC and SRM software, and you can switch
between each (mostly dependent on which style your OS can boot from); true?
* Should I worry about upgrading my firmware? I'm running "Alpha
Firmware 4.33 950516.0838", which doesn't seem to correspond to the
firmware revs. available from DEC's ftp site.
* Is this floppy 2.88 or 1.44? Not that it matters too much, but I
can't seem to find out for certain.
* What are the jumpers for the Toshiba MK1824FBV 340mb. 2.5" SCSI disk?
I'd like to add another internal disk (see below), but will need to
disable termination on that drive, I suppose.
* My UDB is an F2, but I'd like to add an internal 3.5" disk. I'd heard
this was possible, but haven't cracked the case yet to make sure the
power & data cables are there. I want to run both the 2.5" and 3.5" disk.
* Sub-question to the above: can the UDB's power supply feed 2 disk drives?
If you can answer any of these for me, it would be greatly appreciated.
thanks a bunch,
Jonthan
:-)