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
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