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@@ -504,6 +504,10 @@ DEC3000/300 has 5Mbytes/sec SCSI on-board. This bus is used for both internal
and external devices. DEC3000/500 has 2 SCSI buses. One is for internal
devices only, the other one is for external devices only.
+Floppy devices found in the DEC3000s are attached to the SCSI bus (via a
+bridge card). This makes it possible to boot from them using the same device
+names as ordinary SCSI harddisks (>>> BOOT DKA300 for example).
+
Expansion:
The 3000/300 series has a half-speed TurboChannel compared to the other
3000 machines. Some TC expansion cards have troubles with the half-speed
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