[Info-vax] DE500 and hardware version

[Stephen Hoffman]

On 2013-01-03 17:58:23 +0000, Jan-Erik Soderholm said:

> Robert A. Brooks wrote 2013-01-03 18:45:
>> On 1/3/2013 1:28 AM, Phillip Helbig---undress to reply wrote:
>>> 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.  What I see is
>>> 
>>> 02000030
>>> 02000041
>>> 
>>> The latter is on a machine at 100 FD and the former on those at 10 HD.
>>> 
>>> Can 02000030 do better than 10 HD?
>> 
>> What's the output of
>> 
>> $ write sys$output f$fgetdvi( <ethernet devnam>, "adapater_ident" )
>> 
>> 
>> -- Rob
>> 
> 
> 
> On what version of VMS does that work?

At least V8.4.

> Do you have some example output from that command?

Below.

> And is it different then SHO DEV <ethernet devnam> /FULL?
> 
> On my 8.4 Alpha, neither "f$fgetdvi" or "adapater_ident" works.

Try

$ write sys$output f$getdvi( "EWA0:", "adapter_ident" )
DE500-BA (Fast Ethernet)

Where EWA0: is your target.

Note the corrections.

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