From: David Turner [d_b_turner@yahoo.com] Sent: Wednesday, January 19, 2000 8:54 PM To: Info-VAX@Mvb.Saic.Com Subject: Re: DPWa ALPHAs Now Supported By VMS ? How to convert your Digital Alpha Personal Workstation to VMS/Unix 1) DEC RRD46-AB (Toshiba 5701B) 2) KZPBA-CA QLA104 SCSI Controller 3) S3 Trio64 or ELSA Synergy PCI 8mb (add $120 for ELSA to total) 4) Cable set for above SCSI controller 5) APWS 5.69 AlphaBIOS and SRM 6) DE500-BA ethernet (if you want 100Mb/sec) 7) 4.3Gb SCSI disk drive 8) 68pin to 50 pin DEC cable converter 9) 68 pin Terminator We sell this kit to dealers or end-users for $995 For the 9gb option add $200 Add $1000 for a NEW OpenVMS base license or Tru64 if you need one If you guys want one, let us know sales@islandco.com Island Computers US Corporation Tel: 912 527 8800 "Hoff Hoffman" wrote in message news:862ko8$hii$3@mailint03.im.hou.compaq.com... > > In article <862hjd$f7j$1@joe.rice.edu>, leslie@clio.rice.edu (Jerry Leslie) writes: > :According to the Software Product Description for VMS 7.2 and > :VMS 7.2-1: > : > : http://www.digital.com/info/SP2501/SP2501HM.HTM > : OpenVMS Operating System for Alpha and VAX, Version 7.2-1 and Version 7.2 > : > :the section titled "PCI Bus-Based Systems" shows that the following > :Digital Personal Workstation (DPW) models are supported: > : > : DPWau 433au, 500au, 600au > : > :Several used VAX/ALPHA dealers are currently selling systems such as > :the DPW 500a as a VMS system. > : > :Are the DPW433a, DPW500a, and DPW600a now supported by VMS ? > > AFAIK, no. There are two parts to the question, the first is what the > firmware reports to the host, and the second is the ubiquitous discussion > of supported hardware. If the "-a" series box reports itself as an "-au" > and if it only has hardware widgets supported by OpenVMS, then it will > likely boot OpenVMS -- there is/was a conversion kit sold that included > the necessary bits and boards to make an "-a" into an "-au"... > > There have been various discussions around what is involved in making this > switch-over possible, and there are various hacks around... But you did > say "supported", a term which has a very specific meaning to the folks > around OpenVMS Engineering. (If you take this approach, assume you have > the same level of formal support and the same licensing options as the > Multia... ie: zilch.) > > As for folks that originally purchased "-a" boxes, there is currently > a license migration program available -- contact your reseller or your > Compaq contact for further information and program requirements. > > Note that any PWS box reporting the presence of the Intel SIO cannot > bootstrap from the IDE CD-ROM -- you will need a SCSI CD-ROM drive. > (Only the PWS boxes with the Cypress chip can bootstrap from either > an IDE or SCSI CD-ROM drive.) You can determine the particular chip > present from the SRM console via a SHOW command -- there is no other > (box-external) indication of the particular chip used... > > --------------------------- pure personal opinion --------------------------- > Hoff (Stephen) Hoffman OpenVMS Engineering hoffman#xdelta.zko.dec.com > >