Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!watdragon!crocus!hjespersen From: hjespersen@crocus.waterloo.edu (Brent Faulkner) Newsgroups: comp.sys.att Subject: Re: 3B2/300 vs 310 Message-ID: <8768@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Date: 29 Sep 88 19:33:29 GMT References: <159@mccc.UUCP> <363@occrsh.ATT.COM> <8721@watdragon.waterloo.edu> Sender: daemon@watdragon.waterloo.edu Reply-To: hjespersen@trillium.waterloo.edu (Hans Jespersen) Distribution: na Organization: U. of Waterloo, Ontario Lines: 29 In article <8721@watdragon.waterloo.edu> hjespersen@trillium.waterloo.edu (Hans Jespersen) writes: > >The biggest difference is the WE32100 CPU in the 310 is more powerful than >the older WE32000 in the 3B2/300. Also, the 3B2/300 is no longer sold by AT&T >but the 310 is. Support is the issue I'm driving at. I do believe that AT&T >still supports the 300 but it is an important difference. Another important >difference is the operating systems. The most current releases of UNIX for the >that the lastest OS release for the 300 will not support SCSI peripherals. >All in all, the 3B2/310 is a superior machine (big surprise eh) above and >beyond the gain in clock speed. I must apologize for this posting, as some of the information contained within is incorrect. Apparently the most current release of UNIX for the 3B2 (3.2.X) WILL run on the 3B2/300. In addition, SCSI peripherals can be supported on the 3B2/300. Sorry for any misconceptions that my posting may have caused. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ Hans Jespersen UUCP : attcan!{uunet|utgpu}!watmath!trillium!hjespersen University of Waterloo USENET : hjespersen@trillium.waterloo.edu Waterloo, Ontario VOICENET: (519)747-1721 MAILNET : 20 Dunbar St. N, Waterloo, Ont., N2L 2C7 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -- Brent Faulkner uucp: hjespersen@crocus.waterloo.edu (Brent Faulkner)