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>Does anyone know what this is :
>
>DEC 3100 Model PM20ACA ? It has a 17" monitor and keyboard with it.
>I think it is some sort of network interface.
>I would like to know what it is and what it is good for
>Thanks Tom n1kio@gw.n1kio.ampr.org
A DEC3100 is an Alpha-family workstation. I don't know the 3100 PM20ACA,
but if it's a whole package, then it's a mid-range workstation based on
DEC's own bus design (whose name escapes me; their MIPS boxes had it too).
I was at DEC when they started up the Alphas. I think the names went like
this:
DEC2000 - PC-style
DEC3000 - workstation-style
DEC4000 and higher numbers were servers, minis, mainfarmes, whatever.
These are very fast machines (or were for their day; the 3100 might be
an older, slower CPU by today's standards), and run DEC Unix, Windows NT or
AlphaVMS. The disk I/O subsystem is SCSI and it has integral Ethernet.
Some DEC3000s have integral ISDN, though not always fully built out.
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Fred R. Goldstein k1io fgoldstein@bbn.com +1 617 873 3850
Opinions are mine alone. Sharing requires permission.
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Date: Sun, 18 Aug 1996 21:45:08 -0700
From: Ron Curry <recurry@insighttec.com>
Subject: Question ?
At 08:46 PM 8/18/96 -0400, Fred R. Goldstein wrote:
>At 11:34 AM 8/18/96 EDT, n1kio@gw.n1kio.ampr.org wrote:
>>Does anyone know what this is :
>>
>>DEC 3100 Model PM20ACA ? It has a 17" monitor and keyboard with it.
>>I think it is some sort of network interface.
>>I would like to know what it is and what it is good for
>>Thanks Tom n1kio@gw.n1kio.ampr.org
>
>A DEC3100 is an Alpha-family workstation. I don't know the 3100 PM20ACA,
>but if it's a whole package, then it's a mid-range workstation based on
>DEC's own bus design (whose name escapes me; their MIPS boxes had it too).
>I was at DEC when they started up the Alphas. I think the names went like
>this:
>DEC2000 - PC-style
>DEC3000 - workstation-style
>DEC4000 and higher numbers were servers, minis, mainfarmes, whatever.
>
>These are very fast machines (or were for their day; the 3100 might be
>an older, slower CPU by today's standards), and run DEC Unix, Windows NT or
>AlphaVMS. The disk I/O subsystem is SCSI and it has integral Ethernet.
>Some DEC3000s have integral ISDN, though not always fully built out.
>---
>Fred R. Goldstein k1io fgoldstein@bbn.com +1 617 873 3850
>Opinions are mine alone. Sharing requires permission.
>
Are you sure about this? as I recall DEC3000 machines were old machines
based on the old MIPS R3000 processors. They had about 386 level performance
on integer and somewhat better floating point.
Ron
Ron Curry
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Date: Mon, 19 Aug 1996 01:11:40 -0400
From: "Fred R. Goldstein" <fgoldstein@bbn.com>
Subject: Question ?
At 11:08 AM 8/19/96 +1000, Carl Makin wrote:
>On Sun, 18 Aug 1996 n1kio@gw.n1kio.ampr.org wrote:
>
>> Does anyone know what this is :
>
>> DEC 3100 Model PM20ACA ? It has a 17" monitor and keyboard with it.
>> I think it is some sort of network interface.
>> I would like to know what it is and what it is good for
>> Thanks Tom n1kio@gw.n1kio.ampr.org
>
>It's a DEC workstation. It runs VMS or Ultrix (and possibly a version of
>4.4BSD as well). It's about the performance of a 386dx40 or a low end
>486. Not useful unless you have the licence for the OS as well as the
>box.
A "DECstation 3100" or a "DEC3100"?
My remarks about Alpha don't apply to DECstations. That label was used
for MIPS R3000-based machines, maybe even R2000 if it's one of the early ones.
The "DECx000" label, no "station", was later, for the Alphas.
You can spot an Alpha CPU by its huge heat sink! Sort of looks like a
Harley cylinder. Big.
The DECstation is, by today's standard, a weakling. Probably more like
a 486 in speed, but better in floating point.
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Fred R. Goldstein k1io fgoldstein@bbn.com +1 617 873 3850
Opinions are mine alone. Sharing requires permission.
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