Subject: Re: NS638 RAM
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Dave McGuire <mcguire@neurotica.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 03/25/2003 02:26:39
On Tuesday, March 25, 2003, at 02:11 AM, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> There were LSI-11 backplanes with nothing but CD-interconnect slots,
> 9 slots as I recall. Qbus on AB, interconnect on CD.
> 11/23 systems came that way at one time.
>
> They might not have been wired for 22-bit addressing on the Qbus,
> but that is easy to fix.
The BA11-SA is the one to use for this...it's wired for 22-bit
addressing and has a beefy power supply for "serious" boards.
Other 5.25" Qbus BA11 chassis have 22-bit backplanes but the -SA
variant is the only one with the studly power supply if memory serves.
-Dave
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