decserver 550 in Kansas City

Actually, instead of hacking up the boards, you ought to grab the whole rack. Do the CPU mods, shove in an RQDX3, figure out how to mount and power a hard drive, and you're in business. On my 11/53 that's still in a DECserver chassis, I soldered the disk power leads to the dummy load board, and the drive rests on the unused card guides on the left half of the rack. I drilled out the rivets and removed all the useless superstructure.(unless you have the rack that has a drive bay up top). Oh yes, for the RQDX3, you'll either need a distribution board (M9058 or the thing on the back of a BA23 backplane) or see http://users.safeaccess.com/engdahl/rqdx3.htm for how to build a cable. For the console you'll need MMJ cables and adapters which can be bought from www.l-com.com. Beware, the 9-pin MMJ adapter they sell is probably VAX compatible, not for the PC COM1: port. I bought the kit version and wired it up myself. The VT420 is the best terminal to look for. The 11/53 can do up to 38400 baud. Did you see the "DECserver" on eBay that is actually a microVAX III (KA-650)? -- Jonathan Engdahl http://users.safeaccess.com/engdahl "The things which are seen are temporary, but the things which are not seen are eternal." II Cor. 4:18 ----- Original Message ----- From: "McFadden, Mike" <mmcfadden(a)cmh.edu> To: <cctalk(a)classiccmp.org> Sent: Thursday, February 27, 2003 10:35 AM Subject: decserver 550 in Kansas City height