PDP 11/23 PLUS system for sale

[Allison]

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>Subject: Re: PDP 11/23 PLUS system for sale
>   From: Ethan Dicks <ethan.dicks at gmail.com>
>   Date: Wed, 15 Jun 2005 14:56:28 -0500
>     To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>
>On 6/15/05, Allison <ajp166 at bellatlantic.net> wrote:
>> No they _could_ corrupt data, not they did all the time...
>> The frequency of the failure was related to the traffic level on the local loop.
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>So then, in the modern era, putting a DEQNA on its own switch port
>(i.e. - a tiny collision domain) should increase data reliability?

Wouldn't hurt.

I have a few Qbus boxen here only one has a DELQA, the rest are DEQNAs
most rev-E and a few rev-J.  They work.  I've run a LAVC under VMS5.4
using them along with a few 3100s and nothing ever spit up or died.
Would I rather a DELQA, yes, but I'd not refuse a working DEQNA.

Allison