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Date:      Thu, 04 Aug 2005 10:02:53 -0700 (MST)
From:      Richard Loken <richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca>
To:        Ulrich <freebsd-alpha@infopuls.com>
Cc:        freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org
Subject:   Re: DS20E maximum memory
Message-ID:  <Pine.PMDF.3.95.1050804095943.541303978J-100000@admin.athabascau.ca>
In-Reply-To: <20050804074509.11015.qmail@dachs.cyberlink.ch>

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On Thu, 4 Aug 2005, Ulrich wrote:

> Several years ago when the DS20 was new there was a message at comp.os.vms 
> which said that the DS20 models all could only access as much memory as if 
> they had a 32 bit processor which is only 1 GB I suppose. This message in 
> comp.os.vms left uncontradicted so far. Unfortunately I don't know the 
> technical details to decide whether this information is correct.

I have been managing a pair of DS20E's here since they came out some five
years ago and we have been running 4Gbyte memory in them all this time.

This is with OSF1/Digital Unix/Tru64 Unix in its various permutations.

-- 
   Richard Loken VE6BSV, Systems Programmer - VMS  : "Anybody can be a father
   Athabasca University                            :  but you have to earn 
   Athabasca, Alberta Canada                       :  the title of 'daddy'"
   ** richardlo@admin.athabascau.ca **             :  - Lynn Johnston



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