1 Feb
2002
1 Feb
'02
4:01 a.m.
On Thu, 31 Jan 2002, Pat Finnegan wrote:
I just got a VAXstation 3200 today for about $15...
Amazingly enough, it
boots up to VMS 5.3-1 (can't log in though.) Can anyone recommend a good
guide for using VMS that's either avalible at a good book store or
(preferred) availble online?
Specs: 8 line serial card (forgot to look at the model #), TK-50
controller (didn't grab the drive, but might do that tomorrow..), 8-plane
Well, since the guy decide to throw the drive into the dumpster, he gave
it to me for free (YAY).
framebuffer, 2x8M QBus memory cards, 2x760M ESDI hard
drives,
I also picked up its console cable and an LK-401 for it, but didn't see
its mouse laying around. :( Anyways, the 'console cable' connects to the
framebuffer and provides a modular jack (LK-401 im sure), an 8-pin
Mini-DIN (mouse?), and a single BNC connector. Does anyone know of a sane
way to connect this to a garden variety monitor? Is it really monochrome
as I suspect? The framebuffer cards are a M7168 and a M7169, so I
*thought* it would be 8-plane *color* graphics... but I guess 8-plane mono
is believable. Anywho, if the TK50 remains, it'll have to be the
framebuffer that goes away when I get that pertec card..
One last thing... on VMS 1) how do I figure out the size of the
hard-drives (like du on *nix), and 2) how do I mount a hard disk without
knowing its label? The second ESDI drive doesn't get automatically
mounted when VMS boots.
Thanks for the help!
-- Pat
DELQA ethernet, KA650-B cpu card, (and that's
about all I think...)
pics at http://purdueriots.com/imgs/vs3200-back-lores.jpg
and http://purdueriots.com/imgs/vs3200-front-lores.jpg
-- Pat
