Ian Chilton wrote: > Hello, > > My MIPS boxes are SGI Big Endian machines, but I have been offered some > DECstation hardware for FREE, excpet for shipping costs. > > I was wondering if someone working on the DECStation ports could tell > me what these are like, if they will run Linux yet, and if they are > worth shipping. I know nothing about this hardware, so as much info as > possible would be good :) > > 3 x Personal DEC station 5000/25 > 1 x Digital VAX station 4000 - 60 > 1 x DEC station 3100 > 2 x DEC station 2100 Maybe this helps: From: http://decstation.unix-ag.org/status/ System support status: System Ethernet SCSI serial console TurboChannel keyboard/mouse DECstation 2100/3100 yes ? yes n/a no Personal DECstation 5000/xx (20,25,33,50) yes yes yes yes yes DECstation 5000/1xx (120,125,133,150) yes yes yes yes no DECstation 5000/200 yes yes yes yes no DECstation 5000/240,/260 yes yes yes yes no DECstation 5100 ? ? ? ? ? > 4 x DEC Storage Expansion (Disk) These are just hard disk cases of 19" width for two 5 1/4" full height disks. Stacking them gives nice towers. :) Regards, Joey -- It's time to close the windows.
