Subject: Re: mVaxII, netbsd and memory
To: Franco Tassone <tfranco@taormina-ol.it>
From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis@mcmanis.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 06/16/2001 08:55:21
In a BA123 you can do this because you get four Q/CD slots, but in the BA23
you only get 3 Q/CD slots so you can only have two memory cards. The BA123
is the "coffee table" sized chassis and the BA23 is either rack mounted or
the pedestal mount.
--Chuck
At 01:04 PM 6/16/01 +0200, Franco Tassone wrote:
>Hi all,
>in order to run as smoothly as possible netbsd, I've just
>upgraded the memory of my mVaxII, as I substituted a
>m7608 4mb board (in row 3) with a m7609 8mb board, and so I
>obtained 12mb of ram, here you can see the resulting layout of
>the adapters:
>
> +---
> Q | 1 ka630
> / | 2 m7608 (4 mb)
>CD | 3 m7609 (8 mb)
> | 4 m7516 (deqna adap.)
> +---
> Q | 5 m3107 - m7546 (serial + tk50 adap.)
> / | 6 m7555 (rd53 adap.)
> Q .
> .
>
>I am wondering if it could be possible to obtain 16mb of memory
>by reinstalling the m7608 were it was originally, that is in row
>3, to install m7609 in row 4 and shifting by one place all the
>remaining adapters.
>This could be the result:
>
> +---
> Q | 1 ka630
> / | 2 m7608 (4 mb)
>CD | 3 m7608 (4 mb)
> | 4 m7609 (8 mb)
> +---
> | 5 m7516 (deqna adap.)
> Q | 6 m3107 - m7546 (serial + tk50 adap.)
> / | 7 m7555 (rd53 adap.)
> Q .
> .
>
>
>Thanks in advance for your advices.
>--
>.............................................................
> Franco Tassone IBM Certified AS/400 Tech 3.wwtions
> email: tfranco@taormina-ol.it