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From: abstine@image.soe.clarkson.edu (Arthur Stine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec
Subject: Re: third party products for Vaxstation 3100
Message-ID: <1989Oct27.024351.18318@sun.soe.clarkson.edu>
Date: 27 Oct 89 02:43:51 GMT
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From article <4021@helios.ee.lbl.gov>, by envbvs@epb2.lbl.gov (Brian V. Smith):
> 
> I know this has been discussed to some extent before, but I
> can't find the articles anymore.
> 
> I would like to buy a Vaxstation 3100 with the minimum complement
> of memory/disk from DEC and add third party products.
> 
> If I buy the diskless "Model 30 Diskless Satellite Workstation"
> there is no disk controller and I would have to add one.
> 
> Do I have to get the minimum amount of disk offered by DEC (52meg RZ22)
> and add on from there?  If we get that model, can we swap in someone
> elses 104/208/whatever megabyte drive INTERNALLY, or would that require
> a different controller?
> 

DEC makes the SCSI controller available as a separate item now. I believe
it lists for something like $1000.


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Art Stine
Sr Network Engineer
Clarkson U
ABStine@CLVMS.Clarkson.Edu