Hiyall,
OK, here are the results of the Dutch jury :)
We grabbed:
- one InfoServer 150VXT
- one VAXserver 3100 (low-profile model)
...
So there. YES, IT WORKS.
Phase II now continues: will this also work on a VAXstation
3100, i.e., the other mainboard?
Watch this channel for more updates...
And the answer to that one: it looks like it is working. We can
do the install and all that, but as soon as ESS takes over, we
can no longer see anything ;-)
Turns out that like with the VAXserver boxes, ESS blindly switches
to port #0 for console. And on the VAXstations, this happens to
be the Keyboard port.
So.. heh. I'll have to find the pinouts of that port, and then
make a temp. serial console cable that way, just to see if ESS is
working on the VAXstation. But, all "sounds" were as expected,
so it works, at least to a certain point...
Cheers,
Fred
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