Everhart, Glenn (FUSA)
From:	Fred Kleinsorge [kleinsorge@star.enet.dec_nospam.com]
Sent:	Friday, May 14, 1999 11:17 AM
To:	Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com
Subject:	Re: DS10 and VS10 Prices.
Terry C. Shannon wrote:
> 
> Francoise Becker wrote:
> >
> > > DA-PB10A-AB  AS DS10 6/466 128MB PK UNIX          5798.00
> > > DY-PB10A-AB  AS DS10 6/466 128MB PK OVMS          6798.00
> > > DH-PB10A-AA  AS DS10 6/466 DIST NOMEM/IO          3312.00
> >
> > Does anyone know if this last one has been crippled so that you can't
> > run VMS on it? That is, if someone wanted to buy it for home use and
> > put the OpenVMS Hobbyist license on it, could they? (What color is the
> > box? Top Gun Blue or white?)
> 
> The color is Top Gun Blue. To the best of my knowledge the system has
> not been lobotomized re: Alpha SRM.
> 


The NT-restricted Alpha boxes have been dropped for new systems, and I
know of no plans to revive the practice.  The boxes are identical except
perhaps for options.  The initial-ship VMS boxes may require a SCSI
controller, but the IDE driver is, or will be, available with full DMA
capability and support for use as a system disk.  You can always
purchase a SCSI card from DEC ala-carte.  You should not have any
problems running the Hobbyist license on the Linux box, and I have not
heard anyone suggesting we try to stop personal use hobbyist licenses
for these systems.

If you do buy one for personal use, I'd suggest a IntraServer SCSI
controller, and an ELSA Gloria Synergy-8 for graphics.

You *will* need to obtain a number of patches that are required for the
DS10/VS10 that are not on the V7.1-2 kit that you would normally get
from the patch ftp site.