Re: Alpha hardware

[John Grzesiak <johng pcrd net>]

I have Indy's too... They are standard FPM parity as are the Indigo's 
and Indigo
2's, in addition to the Challenge-S machines. SGI only went proprietary 
with the
dedicated server class hardware...

So chances are they will suffice. if they are cheap enough, try a set out.


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John Grzesiak
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Quoting Marc Schlensog <mschlens redhat com>:

> On Wed, 3 Dec 2008 15:44:03 +0200
> "Vesselin Kenashkov" <kenashkov gmail com> wrote:
>
> > On Wed, Dec 3, 2008 at 3:39 PM, Marc Schlensog <mschlens redhat com>
> > wrote:
> [...]
> > > No. The offered memory is reg/buffered SD-RAM, which came way past
> > > the obsolesence of the DEC3000. You need fast page mode SIMMs
> > > (pre-decessor of edo). Not even sure if PS/2 works.
> > >
> > > b.r.,
> > >
> > > Marc
> > >
> > >
> > In that case SGI Indy memory *might* work for him. AFAIK Indy uses
> > 50/60nsec FPM modules.
>
> As I said: I'm not sure if the DEC3000 uses PS/2 memory. I know that
> the Noname/AXPpci33 and the Multia/UDB use them (72pin FPM w/ true
> parity). If the DEC3000 uses the same memory, yes, then he can use Indy
> memory. If not and it's something proprietary (which wouldn't surprise
> me), he's a bit out of luck.
>
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