DECsystem 5000/240 ("3MAX+" )
  
 
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General Technical Information

HOSTNAME CONFLUX
SYSTEM CPU MIPS R3400 @40 MHz
CACHE (2nd, 1st D/I) 0 MB, 64 KB / 64 KB
RAM  112 MB  (Max. 480 MB)
SYSTEM BUS WIDTH 32 bit
SCSI BUS PMAZC-BA dual channel SCSI option card ("tcds", 10 MB/s) and onboard 1 x SCSI-2 (5 MB/s)
OPTION BUS 3 TurboChannel slots @25MHz
GRAPHICS PMAG-D 8-plane 1280x1024 @66Hz
HARD DISK DRIVE 2 GB RZ28 (in external BA35x SCSI tower)
CD-ROM DRIVE SUN 411 (rebranded SONY single speed SCSI CD-ROM drive in an external box)
NETWORK 10 Mbps AUI (onboard ethernet)
OS ULTRIX V4.5
YEAR 1992
SPEED 40 VAX MIPS
POWER CONSUMPTION (MAX.)
 244 W
COMMENTS Before the R4K CPU upgrades where introduced for DECstations, this was the fastest ULTRIX workstation you could get.
ESTIMATED PRICE '92 $35,000
ORIGINAL PRODUCT DESCRIPTION (Scanned from DEC's SOC Nov. 1992)

History and other comments

I purchased this computer's mainboard on auction from the U.S. in the beginning of 2007, because I wanted to use the enclosure and PSU of my dead DECstation 5000/200. I simply refitted the 3MAX+ mainboard into the 3MAX box by cutting a bigger hole for the AUI connector (which was the biggest obstacle for putting in the 3MAX+ mainboard). Then I removed the 'DECstation 5000/200' label and replaced it by the 'DECsystem 5000/240' label that came with the mainboard.

Technically speaking, this computer is no longer a 'DECsystem' as it says on the box, because I've added a graphics card. DECsystem 5000's are identical to DECstation 5000's with the exception of the installed graphics option in the DECstation model.

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Last updated:  20-5-2007