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From: darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec,comp.arch
Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 info.
Keywords: 3100, Advantedge 2000
Message-ID: <420@laic.UUCP>
Date: 23 Jan 89 19:59:40 GMT
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In article <986@isieng.UUCP> seenu@isieng.UUCP (Seenu Banda) writes:
>In article <414@laic.UUCP>, darin@nova.laic.uucp (Darin Johnson) writes:
>
>> have one for the 3100.  They also include a small disk hidden in the box
>                                    ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
>> that can be used to boot the machine, with NFS used for everything else
>
>This is really interesting. This is the first time I heard about a hidden
>disk in the 3100. Does anybody know more about this disk? How small (or
>big) is it? 10MB? 

Since I wasn't the primary tester/installer, I don't have that much in
the way of detail, but there was a small disk inside the box.  This is
probably not the same model as the one that will be sold as 'diskless'.
But then again, since the disk was probably 3-1/2 or 5-1/4 inch, it
probably isn't big enough to support UNIX and users/applications.  Most
likely, it was intended to eliminate swapping over the network.  I'll
have to go look in the manuals to see how big it was.  

Darin Johnson (leadsv!laic!darin@pyramid.pyramid.com)
	"You can't fight in here! This is the war room.."