Lost in the maze of Ultrix product numbers
Ian! D. Allen [CGL]
idallen at watcgl.uwaterloo.ca
Fri Sep 14 13:35:05 AEST 1990
I have a pair of DS5400, some MVII/GPX, some VS2000, some VS3100, and
some VS3200. I want to put Ultrix UWS 4.0 on them all, downloaded via
network MOP from either the MIPS or the VAX. I don't need standalone
boot media. What product numbers do I order to get just the TK50 setld
kits, without boot media? I'm guessing that these will do what I want:
QA-YL5AA-H5 ULTRIX WS TO SRV VAX
QA-YL6AA-H5 ULTRIX WS TO SRV RISC
(Has DEC finally figured out how to support VAX and RISC subsets on the
*same* MOP server? I managed to throw everything together under
Ultrix 3.1C here, and I can make both VAXes and MIPS machines serve,
but the 3.0 manual says it isn't possible.)
Now, having got the software, I need exactly one set of documentation for
UWS 4.0 and its underlying Ultrix 4.0. What do I order, to get it all?
I've found "QA-0JQAK-GZ UWS FULL DOC KIT" ($6,036CDN), but that seems a
bit pricey for just the manuals. It doesn't help that QA-0JQAA-GZ is
also called a FULL DOC KIT ($2,581CDN) and the people at DECdirect
were just as confused as I.
To confound matters, nobody knows *exactly* which documentation kits
are contained in which other kits, and some of the "Installation"
style kits that contain boot media and some documentation seem to be
a *lot* cheaper than buying the pieces separately. So maybe I should
buy the "Installation" kit and throw out the stuff I don't need.
My kingdom for a phone number to someone who understands *exactly*
what I need to order!
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