| Title: | EtherWORKS Notes Conference |
| Notice: | WWW server at http://ftp.digital.com/pub/DEC/adapters/ |
| Moderator: | NETCAD::STEFANI |
| Created: | Wed Sep 01 1993 |
| Last Modified: | Thu Jun 05 1997 |
| Last Successful Update: | Fri Jun 06 1997 |
| Number of topics: | 1318 |
| Total number of notes: | 5673 |
Hi,
I have a customer who loaned an ALPHA 1000 to a customer with a DE500 in it.
The customer went ahead with the purchase and they shipped him the same
spec kit (but different physical (ie non-loan) hardware). It seems not
to be working and they are querying the version of the DE500 card: it
arrived in a box marked "Rev B", but apparently is marked "Rev A" on
the card.
Q1: How many Revs of the DE500-AA are there?
Q2: What are the differences?
Q3: Is there any reason why a certain DE500 hardware Rev would not work
on ALPHA VMS V<latest>?
Thanks,
CLinton
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| 1292.1 | Check note 1261.2 | STAR::STOCKDALE | Mon Apr 07 1997 18:38 | 7 | |
Look at note 1261.2. My guess is that they got a -AA instead of -XA so they need the TIMA kit described in that note. The -AA came out after V6.2 which is why it supports only the -XA. - Dick | |||||
| 1292.2 | revisions of DE500-AA | NETCAD::FERGUSON | Mon Apr 07 1997 19:05 | 28 | |
Q1: How many Revs of the DE500-AA are there?
The DE500-AA rev A01 consists of a module rev A01 and
software kit rev 2.5.
The DE500-AA rev B01 consists of a module rev A01 and
software kit rev 2.6.
As you can see, there has been only one revision of the
physical adapter. By the way, there is a rev C01 coming
with module rev A01 and software kit rev 2.7.
Q2: What are the differences?
The differences are only in the software kit.
Q3: Is there any reason why a certain DE500 hardware Rev would not work
on ALPHA VMS V<latest>?
Since the VMS driver does not ship on the software kit, it
instead ships with Open VMS, I can't think of any reason why
the new adapter would make any difference.
I agree with Dick in the previous reply that they probably had a
DE500-XA before.
Janice
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| 1292.3 | CHEFS::CHOIC | Shaking and Moving | Thu Apr 10 1997 14:36 | 1 | |
Thanks for the quick reponse - much appreciated! | |||||