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From: pcc@apollo.HP.COM (Peter Craine)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apollo
Subject: re: How to modify the "kernel'?
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Date: 7 Sep 90 16:19:00 GMT
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In article <9009061916.AA08595@pan.ssec.honeywell.com>,
thompson@PAN.SSEC.HONEYWELL.COM (John Thompson) writes:
|> 
|> This is from the beta3 release notes for sr10.3 --
|> |    1.8.1  Increased Number of User Processes
|> |
|> |
|> |         Node Type                Maximum Processes
|> |
|> |         Next Generation Workstations  64
|> 
|> I have been assured privately that the "Next Generation Workstations" (the
|> 9000 series 400) limit is erroneous, and should be just like the
DN2500 et. al.

Unfortunately, someone didn't tell you the complete truth.  For reasons
far too complex
(and not for public disclosure) to go into here, SR10.3, as distributed for
SAU12 machines (the series 400's) will only allow 64 processes.
** DON'T FLY OFF THE HANDLE YET **

When the 040 chips are available (for the 425s and 433s), there will be
a PSK put
out (I believe that it will be PSK8).  That PSK will have all the new SR10.3
functionality for both SAU12 (the 030 400's) and for SAU11 (the 040 400's).

So, until PSK8 is available, only 64 processes.  Afterwards, it will be
just like the
other "modern" nodes.


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