Click here or click onto the photo for a full size version of this picture. The DECstation 5000/240 can be seen as an improved version of the DECstation 5000/200. It has an additional high-resolution timer, better serial interface chips, and the CPU and Cache are sitting on a separate module plugged into the mainboard. DEC offered an upgrade to a 60 MHz R4400 CPU, which makes this machine to a respectable workhorse even for today's standards. If you bought such a machine with the upgrade already installed, the machine was labelled as a 5000/260. Common with the 5000/200 is the almost obscene amount of memory modules you can plug into it, the three TurboChannel slots and the case that has no space for internal drives...

Processor: Mips R3400, 40 MHz Coprocessor: integrated into CPU Cache: 64 Kbytes Code, 64 Kbytes Data Integer Performance: roughly like a 486DX4/100 Memory: 40 Mbytes (options range from 8M to 480M) Bus: 3 TurboChannel slots @ 25 MHz Interfaces (onboard): Mouse, Keyboard 2 x Serial SCSI (narrow) 10 Mbps Ethernet (AUI only) Add-on cards: PMAGB-B Color Video (1280x1024@256 colors) DEFZA copper FDDI interface Operating System(s): NetBSD 1.3.2

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