[Info-vax] openvms support for ultra3 scsi on xp1000

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <k6k273$34u$1 at solani.org>, Michael Kraemer <M.Kraemer at gsi.de>
writes: 

> > If this is a hobbyist system, there are often less-old (newer?) choices 
> > around.  (And I happen to like the XP1000; it's cheap, it's quiet, it's 
> > a decent-sized box and - when it works - it works.  But it's cheap for 
> > various reasons, not the least of which is its age, and the antique SRM 
> > firmware version.)

I also like the XP1000 as a hobbyist system.  What would you recommend 
as better?  A DS10?

> Well, if one is looking for a genuine workstation,
> there's not much choice. It's the last of its kind, no?

Define "genuine workstation".  Is a DS10 with a graphics card a genuine 
workstation?  Wasn't some variant of the ES40 even sold as a 
workstation?