Re: Got my Alphastation 500/400

Thanks everyone!  I've ordered a drive and it should be here in a few days.


Thanks,
Bryan

On Fri, Nov 6, 2015 at 8:27 AM, Tobias Ulmer <[email protected]> wrote:

> On Thu, Nov 05, 2015 at 04:19:58PM -0500, Bryan C. Everly wrote:
> > Hi all,
> >
> > My Alphastation 500/400 showed up today and I was able to boot the serial
> > console on it.  It seems to have 64MB DIMMs in it (total of 4) so I would
> > think it has 256 MB of RAM but from the SRM console, when I do a "show
> > memory" it only shows 64 MB.  Is it talking about the size of the DIMM in
> > that command or the total memory on the box?  This is all new to me so
> any
> > help you can provide would be great.
> >
> > Also, any recommendations on a SCSI drive for this?  It has a SCSI CDROM
> on
> > it so I can install from there.  Also, the network card in it has both a
> > BNC connector and an rj45 as well and appears to be recognized by SRM
> when
> > I do a "show devices" command.
>
> If there are no physical constraints, just get a 50pin to SCA adapter
> and put a SCA type disk in. Cheap and plenty. If noise is a concern, the
> Fujitsu 10k rpm types seem to be a good choice.
>
> Some very old machines can be picky about which disk they talk to, but
> in general scsi is very backwards compatible.
>
> >
> > Any nudges in the right direction would be much appreciated.
> >
> > Thanks,
> > Bryan
>