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Subject: Re: Multiprocessor MicroVAX II upgrade?
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From: SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie)
Date: 24 Aug 90 10:58:10 MDT
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In article <12858@hydra.gatech.EDU>, ken@dali.gatech.edu (Ken Seefried iii) writes:
> 
> Can a normal MicroVAX II be upgraded to multiprocessing (nee Firefly)
> and take advantage of the SMP enhancements in Ultrix 4.0?  If so, at
> what cost?

The only QBUS SMP machine I'm aware of (the Firefox) would need an entirely
new box since it's system bus is the MBus rather than the QBus. There's a
QBus adapter for it to make it a QBus machine, you see.

Given that you would be buying a new box, new CPUs, new memory, etc., when
does an upgrade stop being an upgrade and become a new machine?

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