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- From: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.)
- Newsgroups: vmsnet.misc
- Subject: Re: DEQNA on MV2
- Message-ID: <1993Jan22.021610.4968@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: 22 Jan 93 07:16:10 GMT
- References: <1993Jan21.113055.12901@csd.uwe.ac.uk> <1993Jan21.134315@mccall.com>
- Organization: St. Peter's College, US
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- In article <1993Jan21.134315@mccall.com>, tp@mccall.com (Terry Poot) writes:
- > The current board is called the DELQA. There are a couple of versions, I think
- > one is faster than the other. Once upon a time DEC had a special trade in deal
- > where for $600 (approx.) you could trade up to a DELQA. You might talk to a DEC
- > salesthingy and see if you can get that deal. They extended it several times, so
- > who knows, it might still be available.
-
- Actually, the current board is the DELQA-YM (also known as the "Turbo DELQA"
- or the "DEQTA"). The trade-up program was from the DEQNA or the DELQA to the
- DELQA-YM. It was (is?) managed by Digital Assisted Services at 800-225-5385,
- and it's unlikely that your sales person will be aware of it. I'd suggest call-
- ing DAS and seeing if it's still going on.
-
- > I dunno. I think the DEQNA is still supported on PDP's so it might still be
- > supported on Ultrix. I'd find out before spending any money.
-
- As of the last time I looked (November '92) the DEQNA was supported every-
- where Ethernet is supported except VMS.
-
- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
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