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From: envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: VS2000 + DECWindows + CD-ROM ??
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Date: 29 Jun 89 03:12:01 GMT
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In article <5508@misadel.oz> jeremy@misadel.oz (Jeremy Begg) writes:
< I am planning on buying a VMS workstation soon but my budget is restrained.  At
< a pinch I can buy a VS3100 with 19" mono screen and CD-ROM, but only by
< borrowing from the bank and selling my car!
< 
< Now that the VS2000 is out of production it is likely that I can pick one up for

Where did you hear that it is out of production?

< 
< 1. Given enough memory, can a VS2000 run DECwindows as a stand-alone machine and
<    not be to slow to be useful?
 
We have four VS2000s, two with 4 meg (Yes, I know that's crazy) and two with 6meg.
DO NOT TRY TO RUN DECWINDOWS on anything less than 8MEG!  We did and it is NOT
usable.

We are running the MIT release, which isn't such a memory hog so it isn't too
painful, but we plan to upgrade each with 8Meg boards when we can afford
it (~ US$ 3200 each).
However, with 6 meg they are certainly usable.

< 2. Is it possible to connect a CD-ROM drive to the VS2000?  I suspect not as the
<    VS2000 does not have a bus.  Perhaps it can be made to look like a hard disk
<    and plug into a disk drive connector?

Sorry, don't know about that one.
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Brian V. Smith    (bvsmith@lbl.gov)
Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory
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