mike@NGP.UTEXAS.EDU (wes birdwell) (08/01/86)
Does anybody know if/when DEC is coming out with a RA81 or equivalent option to be used by uVAXII in a BA123? Rumors and facts welcome. Thanks, Mike O'Donnell
oberman@LLL-ICDC.ARPA ("Oberman, Kevin") (08/04/86)
>Does anybody know if/when DEC is coming out with a RA81 or equivalent option >to be used by uVAXII in a BA123? Rumors and facts welcome. This item is being held because of problems with FCC emissions. DEC tells me that they're working on it but won't give any guesstimate on when it will be out (if ever). Kevin Oberman LLNL ARPA: oberman@lll-icdc ------
robinson@ecsvax.UUCP (Gerard Robinson) (08/06/86)
In article <8608011742.AA28320@ngp.UTEXAS.EDU> mike@NGP.UTEXAS.EDU (wes birdwell) writes: >Does anybody know if/when DEC is coming out with a RA81 or equivalent >option to be used by uVAXII in a BA123? Rumors and facts welcome. > >Thanks, Mike O'Donnell Page 19 of the June 1986 INSIGHT magazine from Digital indicates that RQA81 and RQA60 disk drives are now available. There have been, in fact, only MARKETING restrictions against any combination of MicroVAX and RAxx drives, since the introduction of the KDA50. There are no known electrical or mechanical restrictions (outside of power availability on the bus, etc.) to putting an RA81 on a BA123 uVAX. All uVAXen take the same i/o panel inserts. All RAxx take the same SDI cables, that plug into the i/o panel insert which are connected to the KDA50. Harrass your DEC sales rep into giving or finding for you prices and availability of -AA or -CA versions of the drive/controller combinations mentioned above. Gerard A. Robinson UNC School of Medicine