HP 2000/Access 21MX-EEEEEEE version :>

[John K.]

Jay:

Congrats!  Glad to hear you have the 21MX-E up and running!

John Korb


At 2005-04-19 04:33 PM, you wrote:
>Just booted it up and it runs wonderfully :)
>
>So, the IOP firmware for the E series has not only been found, but 
>confirmed to work! It was so neat to type "HEL-A000..." on a terminal this 
>morning. The dual E's are noticeably faster than my dual 2100 Access 
>system, but not as much faster as I would have expected. Odd, since the 
>processors are significantly faster, and using the high performance memory 
>option.
>
>The basement doesn't heat up quite as much running on two E's as opposed 
>to two 2100A/S. Also, I seem to be able to run it indefinitely without 
>tripping a circuit breaker. Nifty! I ran in to lots of cpu problems this 
>morning, and had to go through every one of my 21MX-E spare cpu's to get a 
>working combination. Yikes - makes me wish I hadn't given away all my E's.
>
>At some point in the future I should probably try the M series firmware 
>board, just to be sure that works as well.
>
>I also wound up having to scavenge some parts from my 2100 Access system 
>to get the MXE Access system up. Bummer! Hopefully some trades will 
>produce the necessary stuff to have both operational. Yup, I'm pondering 
>some RJE setup between the two :) Oh, except I apparently only have one 
>set of processor interconnect cables, thought I had two :\ Making up THOSE 
>cables will suck.
>
>Anyways... just wanted to let folks know that the E series IOP firmware is 
>definitely a go. The biggest problem I had was trying to figure out how to 
>set up the FAB board. I'd really have preferred to go the FEM route, but 
>Access is so hard-coded in the system processor side of things.
>
>Regards,
>
>Jay West


John
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