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

[Richard B. Gilbert]

On 10/28/2012 6:29 PM, Michael Kraemer wrote:
> Phillip Helbig---undress to reply schrieb:
>
>> I also like the XP1000 as a hobbyist system.  What would you recommend
>> as better?  A DS10?
>
> I fear there's not much beyond XP900/1000.
> In the Alpha universe there's no equivalent
> to HP's C8000 or IBM's IntelliStation 185,
> it seems.
>
>> Define "genuine workstation".
>
> What's so hard to understand here?
> Something office-friendly, specifically designed to serve
> as a graphics desktop. One might add:
> with non-intel CPU and an OS not coming from Redmond :-)
>
>> Is a DS10 with a graphics card a genuine workstation?
>
> That would be an XP900.
> I don't know what its creators had in mind first,
> server or workstation use.
> But given its relatively low noise level and the
> form factor (and colour) resembling the AlphaStation 500,
> it looks more like a workstation.
> Given its limited RAM slots (2GB max) it also
> makes a rather poor server.
>
>> Wasn't some variant of the ES40 even sold as a workstation?
>
> Well, I wouldn't count a bulky/noisy server with
> a slapped-in graphics card as a real workstation.
>

It's NOT what it looks like, it's what it CAN DO!  You could
call it a "kludge" if you like but it's still a work station.