Re: Multia/166MHz

["Dan O'Reilly" <dano process com>]

At 07:19 PM 1/2/00 +0100, Thomas Leitner wrote:

> On Sun, 2 Jan 2000, Dan O'Reilly wrote:
>
> > > > after all <grin>), but I've experienced no problems at all with 
> Tru64 5.0
> > > > and this system.  I run 64mb of memory and a 2gb SCSI disk 
> (external, of
> > > > course).
> > >
> > >Sounds good. From some Usenet messages I had the impression that Tru64
> > >5.0 cannot even be booted on a Multia. So I'll try to upgrade my current
> > >system from 4.0f to 5.0.
> >
> > Keep in mind this is the hobbyist version of Tru64 (which may or may 
> not make
> > a difference), and that the firmware in my Multia has been upgraded to run
> > VMS (it's a special release of the firmware).  Those 2 things may have 
> made the
> > difference.
>
> I have both, the hobbyist version of Tru64 and the "normal" version and
> the installation CDs are the same. The firmware, though, can really make
> a difference. I'll try to upgrade to the same version before going to
> 5.0.

I don't remember the firmware rev, but I don't believe it's on any firmware
CD (I think it was released solely to make VMS run, and was unsupported).
You can find it at:

http://www.starshipcorp.com/starshipcomputers/multia/firmware.html





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