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From: rabe@beowulf.acc.stolaf.edu (brett m rabe; Jiffy Script Inc.)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.next
Subject: Re: 3 Questions
Keywords: mhz of the 040 && tape backup
Message-ID: <1991Mar14.225301.5556@news.stolaf.edu>
Date: 14 Mar 91 22:53:01 GMT
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In article <3654@dali> icsu8116@ming.cs.montana.edu (Weingart) writes:
>
>2.  What is the upgrade path for the NeXTstation? It would be nice to just
>disconnect all the hooks into the mother board and pop in that 50mhz 040
>mother board. (when available) 

When I replaced our NeXTs boards here, they booted saying that the 040
was running at 25mhz. . . so did something get screwed up here, or are you
just mistaken?  (Just looking for clarity. . . )
>
>3.  Does NeXT plan on releasing a tape storage device for the NeXTstation?
>If the answer to this question is yes will the O.S. be distributed on
>tape?

This probably isn't the solution that you're looking for, but any system
type people may be interested.  In complete disregard to what the documentation
and man pages say about dumping remotely from NeXT,  I was able to
rdump to a Digi-Data Corp VCR tape machine (2.5 gig VCR tapes) and had no 
problem remotely restoring (tested it the next day).  The tape drive is hanging
off of an aging Vax 11/780 running BSD 4.3 Xinu . . .

The man pages on the 2.0 040 16M NeXT that I dumped from specifically state
that you cannot rdump to machines other then NeXT.  I never tried it under
1.0, so what I'm wondering is:

1)  Have the man pages always been wrong?

2)  Did I misunderstand the man pages?

3)  (If neither of the above) Did it get fixed under 2.0?

Thanks for any enlightenment. . . 

Brett



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