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From: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Newsgroups: comp.unix.ultrix
Subject: Re: More at DECsystem 5800's
Message-ID: <7464@cbmvax.UUCP>
Date: 28 Jul 89 13:15:53 GMT
References: <7457@cbmvax.UUCP> <2409@itivax.iti.org>
Reply-To: grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins)
Organization: Commodore Technology, West Chester, PA
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In article <2409@itivax.iti.org> scs@itivax.iti.org (Steve C. Simmons) writes:
> grr@cbmvax.UUCP (George Robbins) writes:
> 
> >The 5800 systems are configured with a single BI bus driving a new
> >11 slot BI cage in the main cabinet, rather than the traditional pair
> >of 5 slot cages.  I wish the latter was available as an option, but
> >they do get the mega-mips 5800's prices at the 6200 levels, so I
> >should complain?
> 
> Sure, complain.  :-)
> 
> Actually the second bus is available as an option -- it was on our
> quote, so it durned well better be!

Well, you can get a bunch more of them, but the 2'nd one costs you
a BI expansion cabinet which you're unlikely to ever come close to
filling.

Ten or Eleven BI slots seems like about the right number, a server/
timeshareing system isn't often going to need more, assuming terminal
servers and high density disk subsystems.  I'd sure like to split up
the bus though, without having to double the CPU footprint...

-- 
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