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by mark＠wickensonline.co.uk

I have a DS10L, so can check for anything you need to know. I ran my DS10L with an IDE disk for ages and didn't really notice much in the way of performance issues, but then I rarely use computers to the point where it starts becoming an issue. Since then I've installed a SCSI card (and consequently removed the ATI7500 PCI graphics card) and a 68-pin 146GB drive. I could do with that drive in a SBB in SLAVE, but as it's 68 pin and not SCA I'm out of luck. Will have to pick one up off ebay (I noticed that what I thought was the complete DECUS archive on SLAVE:: is in fact only a subset. The full archive is 70GB, so I need to increase capacity from the current 36GB drive) I've been having my own fun today - pulled the ZX6000 out of the basement to have a go at installing Debian 6.0.2.1. The previous problem (not recognising the DVD-ROM drive after boot, somewhat serious) has been replaced with a different problem at the end of installation where the tool to install the EFI boot files won't find the EFI boot partition, which is a small FAT partition created at the start of the disk. The partition is there - a google search shows one other person with a similar issue. The OpenVMS installation also needs attention - it wouldn't start up CDE. I had a play with HP/UX and did manage to configure that to start CDE at the end of booting, and indeed have just configured it up to use the ACER 24" 1920x1080 panel. Sometime before I last went to sleep I must have installed a load of software - including Firefox. Weird running firefox on the ZX6000. Seems to work OK however (using it now to access gmail). I plugged my area router, SLAVE (4.254) into a switch hanging off which was my laptop with 3G dongle and Johnnys bridge, it connected up with my wrapped bridge on my ADSL connection. The wrapper successfully detected an IP address change at the 3G end and SIGHUP'ed the bridge program, which pulled in the new IP address. A delay of about 5 minutes is to be expected, but it worked very nicely! The ZX6000 initially reported an unrecoverable problem with DRAM slots 2A/2B - I couldn't get it to boot so was forced to pull the RAM, taking it from 16GB to 12GB. I cleaned the contacts and tried reseating the RAM to noavail. I ran the box for a while (the ZX6000 always gets toasy warm, good as a room heater in winter) then swapped the RAM in slots 0A/0B into 2A/2B and inserted the two pulled RAM modules into 0A/0B. Booted fine no problems. I have fun with the memory in this machine before - apparently they are very picky about modules and configuration. Presumably also temperature, time of day, season of year etc. Not exactly confidence inspiring in an 'enterprise' system. Anyway, at least for the moment, no harm done. Mark.

13 years, 11 months

DS10 memory

by johnhreinhardt＠yahoo.com

I know for sure the DS10 memory is 200-pin because I just pulled one out and looked at it. Now I'll have to pull a DS-20 chip and see if they really are different. I thought they were the same also. John H. Reinhardt On 9/24/11 11:57 AM, H Vlems wrote: The memory is 168 pin SDRAM

13 years, 11 months

DS10 memory

by healyzh＠aracnet.com

How close do you really need to be on the DS10? I've used some fairly out of spec RAM in my PWS 433au, and I believe even the RAM in my XP1000's is out of spec. Though the best is probably the old AlphaStation 200 4/233, in spite of what what the DEC spec's say, you can use 128MB 72-pin SIMM's (if you can find them). Zane At 5:54 PM +0200 9/24/11, H Vlems wrote: The memory in a DS20E follows the same specs as the memory that fits in a DS10. The DS10 won't accept higher density modules. The DS20E has 16 memory slots and supports memory boards up to 256 MB. The DEC supplied memory boards offer very little information but my DS20E also has a few Toshiba boards: PC100-222-620R 32M x 72 SDRAM 100 MHz CL2 ECC The (128 MB) Micron board partno is: MT9LSDT1672AG-10Eb1 This is 100 MHz, synchronous, unbuffered, error correcting memory. It operates at 3.3 V. The CL 2 latency spec is important. Hans -- | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator | | healyzh at aracnet.com | OpenVMS Enthusiast | | | Photographer | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | My flickr Photostream | | http://www.flickr.com/photos/33848088 at N03/ |

13 years, 11 months

Noob questions #42: RAM for DS10

by johnhreinhardt＠yahoo.com

An update: The Micron part number is correct also. For a 512MB DIMM you want a MT18LSDT6472JG-10Exx. The JG indicates the 200-pin DIMM so that's significant as is the -10Exx which specifies the 2CL CAS latency. John H. Reinhardt On 9/24/11 11:52 AM, John H. Reinhardt wrote: You have a DS10 so you don't have to be quite as picky. The DS10L needs a shorter DIMM board. The old DEC/Compaq part number for memory was MS310-xA where A=64MB, B=128MB, C=256MB, D=512MB, E=1GB. This is total size. Each kit is 2 DIMM boards so the largest is a set of 2 512MB DIMMS. The trick about the DS10/DS10/DS20/ES40 memory is that it's on 200-pin DIMMs. And if you Google or search in Ebay you'll get a ton of hits because it's a common notebook memory size for SO-DIMMs. These will not fit. Be wary. IIRC the basic spec is 200-pin, PC100, ECC but I can't remember if they're buffered or un-buffered (registered or not). Okay, I pulled a DIMM out of my DS10L and it's DEC part # 20-01ESA-08 and specifically a Samsung M378S6450ATQ-C1H Googling this tells me it's a 200-pin, PC100, Synchronous, CL2, ECC DIMM. I found one hit on the US Ebay for memory fitting this specification, however, the picture they have with the listing is for a Micron DIMM board and the part number decodes to a 186-pin DIMM. So either the picture is wrong, or generic or the listing is incorrect. In either case, beware. Alpha Memory 256MB 200pin Synch DIMM100MHz CL2 ECC Your best bet is going to be searching on MS310-EA or 20-01ESA-08 and on the US EBay it looks like the best deal is 1GB (2x512MB) PC100 ECC Registered ECC 200pin Memory for $59.95 US. It's an oddball memory and tough to find in the generic market. Good luck. Cheers, John H. Reinhardt On 9/21/11 2:21 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: Thanks for that - but what TYPE (MHz etc) are they, exactly? I was going to just buy generic RAM. Sampsa On 21 Sep 2011, at 16:39, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: The DS10 uses the same kind of memory as the DS20(E) and the ES40. Memory must be installed in pairs and the maximum size for 1 memory board is 512 MB. Have a look at eBay Sampsa. Check the systems and options guide for the DS10 memory part numbers on the HP site Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Sampsa Laine Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: [HECnet] Noob questions #42: RAM for DS10 Verzonden: 21 september 2011 14:45 Guys, what kind of DIMMs should I be looking for on ebay to add ram to my DS10? I'd like the largest possible ones so that I can fill it up to 2 GB. Sampsa

13 years, 11 months

DS10 memory

by hvlems＠zonnet.nl

The memory is 168 pin SDRAM

13 years, 11 months

DS10 memory

by hvlems＠zonnet.nl

The memory in a DS20E follows the same specs as the memory that fits in a DS10. The DS10 won't accept higher density modules. The DS20E has 16 memory slots and supports memory boards up to 256 MB. The DEC supplied memory boards offer very little information but my DS20E also has a few Toshiba boards: PC100-222-620R 32M x 72 SDRAM 100 MHz CL2 ECC The (128 MB) Micron board partno is: MT9LSDT1672AG-10Eb1 This is 100 MHz, synchronous, unbuffered, error correcting memory. It operates at 3.3 V. The CL 2 latency spec is important. Hans

13 years, 11 months

Noob questions #42: RAM for DS10

by johnhreinhardt＠yahoo.com

You have a DS10 so you don't have to be quite as picky. The DS10L needs a shorter DIMM board. The old DEC/Compaq part number for memory was MS310-xA where A=64MB, B=128MB, C=256MB, D=512MB, E=1GB. This is total size. Each kit is 2 DIMM boards so the largest is a set of 2 512MB DIMMS. The trick about the DS10/DS10/DS20/ES40 memory is that it's on 200-pin DIMMs. And if you Google or search in Ebay you'll get a ton of hits because it's a common notebook memory size for SO-DIMMs. These will not fit. Be wary. IIRC the basic spec is 200-pin, PC100, ECC but I can't remember if they're buffered or un-buffered (registered or not). Okay, I pulled a DIMM out of my DS10L and it's DEC part # 20-01ESA-08 and specifically a Samsung M378S6450ATQ-C1H Googling this tells me it's a 200-pin, PC100, Synchronous, CL2, ECC DIMM. I found one hit on the US Ebay for memory fitting this specification, however, the picture they have with the listing is for a Micron DIMM board and the part number decodes to a 186-pin DIMM. So either the picture is wrong, or generic or the listing is incorrect. In either case, beware. Alpha Memory 256MB 200pin Synch DIMM100MHz CL2 ECC Your best bet is going to be searching on MS310-EA or 20-01ESA-08 and on the US EBay it looks like the best deal is 1GB (2x512MB) PC100 ECC Registered ECC 200pin Memory for $59.95 US. It's an oddball memory and tough to find in the generic market. Good luck. Cheers, John H. Reinhardt On 9/21/11 2:21 PM, Sampsa Laine wrote: Thanks for that - but what TYPE (MHz etc) are they, exactly? I was going to just buy generic RAM. Sampsa On 21 Sep 2011, at 16:39, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: The DS10 uses the same kind of memory as the DS20(E) and the ES40. Memory must be installed in pairs and the maximum size for 1 memory board is 512 MB. Have a look at eBay Sampsa. Check the systems and options guide for the DS10 memory part numbers on the HP site Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Sampsa Laine Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: [HECnet] Noob questions #42: RAM for DS10 Verzonden: 21 september 2011 14:45 Guys, what kind of DIMMs should I be looking for on ebay to add ram to my DS10? I'd like the largest possible ones so that I can fill it up to 2 GB. Sampsa

13 years, 11 months

Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOsforAlphaservers?

by hvlems＠zonnet.nl

Sampsa, I'll open up my DS20E (same memory) for 3rd party specs. -----Original Message----- From: Sampsa Laine <sampsa at mac.com> Sender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Date: Sat, 24 Sep 2011 15:08:58 To: <hecnet at Update.UU.SE> Reply-To: hecnet at Update.UU.SESubject: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers? When I speed tested the IDE drive against a 5 DISK (9 GB, RAID 5) BA265, I saw no performance difference. Test file was 100 MB of random data. The system "Feels" faster weirdly enough, and is tiny compared to any other Alphas I've owned. Now I'd just love to know the spec of DIMMs for the unit so I can max out the memory..... On 24 Sep 2011, at 14:12, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: Good news Sampsa. Is the IDE disk indeed noticably slower than a (wide) SCSI disk? Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Sampsa Laine Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers? Verzonden: 24 september 2011 15:02 WOO HOO. CHIMPY just booted off an internal IDE drive. No more crazy storage boxes in my rack. Sampsa On 24 Sep 2011, at 03:04, Oleg Safiullin wrote: Sampsa Laine wrote: The newer the better,. http://pdp-11.nsk.ru/~form/files/ds10/v73.iso

13 years, 11 months

Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers?

by sampsa＠mac.com

When I speed tested the IDE drive against a 5 DISK (9 GB, RAID 5) BA265, I saw no performance difference. Test file was 100 MB of random data. The system "Feels" faster weirdly enough, and is tiny compared to any other Alphas I've owned. Now I'd just love to know the spec of DIMMs for the unit so I can max out the memory..... On 24 Sep 2011, at 14:12, hvlems at zonnet.nl wrote: Good news Sampsa. Is the IDE disk indeed noticably slower than a (wide) SCSI disk? Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Sampsa Laine Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers? Verzonden: 24 september 2011 15:02 WOO HOO. CHIMPY just booted off an internal IDE drive. No more crazy storage boxes in my rack. Sampsa On 24 Sep 2011, at 03:04, Oleg Safiullin wrote: Sampsa Laine wrote: The newer the better,. http://pdp-11.nsk.ru/~form/files/ds10/v73.iso

13 years, 11 months

Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers?

by hvlems＠zonnet.nl

Good news Sampsa. Is the IDE disk indeed noticably slower than a (wide) SCSI disk? Hans ------Origineel bericht------ Van: Sampsa Laine Afzender: owner-hecnet at Update.UU.SE Aan: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Beantwoorden: hecnet at Update.UU.SE Onderwerp: Re: [HECnet] Anyone got a bootable firmware updater CD ISOs forAlphaservers? Verzonden: 24 september 2011 15:02 WOO HOO. CHIMPY just booted off an internal IDE drive. No more crazy storage boxes in my rack. Sampsa On 24 Sep 2011, at 03:04, Oleg Safiullin wrote: Sampsa Laine wrote: The newer the better,. http://pdp-11.nsk.ru/~form/files/ds10/v73.iso

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