[Info-vax] DE500 and hardware version

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <kc46ql$c5h$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> > In contrast to my recent remark (I was looking for a name, not a
> > number), ANAL/SYS does show the hardware version for the DE500, and it
> > it differs between two types of machine.
> 
> Yeah, because the idiot that wrote that section of the FAQ went to the 
> effort of listing and then displaying the hardware codes just for 
> giggles, and clearly didn't bother with the incredibly easy secret way 
> to get the text names of the devices.
> 
> > What I see is
> > 
> > 02000030
> 
> DE500-BA
> 
> > 02000041
> 
> That looks to be an integrated DE500, or a "newer" variant of the 
> DE500.  I find that code with the on-board NIC in an AlphaStation 
> XP1000 box, for instance: <http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/1805>

Right; that's where it is here as well.  The slower two are in  PWSs.

> > The latter is on a machine at 100 FD and the former on those at 10 HD.
> > 
> > Can 02000030 do better than 10 HD?
> 
> DE500 is a Fast Ethernet controller, so when set up per the doc in 
> that section of the FAQ, and given a functional switch yes. 

I'll try things out at next reboot or, more likely, reboot in order to 
try things out.  With faster disks, I notice the slower network 
more.  :-|

I remember going to the console on some VAX by ^P or whatever then 
typing continue to get back to VMS, but I suppose I shouldn't risk that 
on the ALPHAs.