ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) (08/22/90)
-- Can a normal MicroVAX II be upgraded to multiprocessing (nee Firefly) and take advantage of the SMP enhancements in Ultrix 4.0? If so, at what cost? Thanks... -- ken seefried iii ken@dali.gatech.edu "Vee haf veyz off making you talk...release da veasles..."
SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) (08/24/90)
In article <12858@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes: > > Can a normal MicroVAX II be upgraded to multiprocessing (nee Firefly) > and take advantage of the SMP enhancements in Ultrix 4.0? If so, at > what cost? The only QBUS SMP machine I'm aware of (the Firefox) would need an entirely new box since it's system bus is the MBus rather than the QBus. There's a QBus adapter for it to make it a QBus machine, you see. Given that you would be buying a new box, new CPUs, new memory, etc., when does an upgrade stop being an upgrade and become a new machine? =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================