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Subject: Re: Disk and tape drive for GPX
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Depends on what you are willing to accept:
1) You can buy a Q5 MVII and do a GPX upgrade.
2) Unless you have other options that you have not yet described you can
possible buy a non FCC compliant MV II by getting DEC to sell you the
GPX workstation and then have local field service add the remaining cabnets
and disk/tape in the field.  This route requires that sales get field service
to buy off on the configuration.  BTW-you will not be able to close the back
door of the MVII if you go this route.  Also probably will not be able to 
watch the soaps in the same room.
     
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  =-=- This note is in response to yours which follows -=-=

I am planning to purchase a Vaxstation GPX running (shudder) VMS.  I also
need approx. 400 megabytes of disk and a 1600/6250 tape drive.  The only
option I get from DEC is to purchase and addtional Microvax and BA123
cabinet for the disk and tape and cluster it with a diskless GPX. Are
there any other options, either from DEC or from a third party vendor?


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