23 May
2021
23 May
'21
11:27 a.m.
On May 23, 2021, at 10:37 AM, emanuel stiebler <emu at e-bbes.com> wrote:
Once I get a monitor attached, I plan to run it through the full screen diagnostics.
DS12887+ from Amazon.
I should have a monitor cable by Thursday, assuming I don?t find the one that I?m sure I
have before that. Since I?ve been searching for the cable for several months, I decided
to buy one off eBay, and I have the parts I should need to hook it up to a modern monitor.
Wow! FedEx just delivered the cable, so I guess I?ll be hooking it up shortly. It looks
brand new.
When I dug back to the mice, I found I have two VSXXX-AA hockey puck mice, so I?m even
more convinced that I have a monitor cable somewhere. I also found a AUI loopback with
the mice.
The next part I need is a C15 power cable for MicroVAX 3300, I?ll see about picking that
up tomorrow or Wednesday. I don?t believe that I?ve ever tested the MicroVAX 3300. A
friend gave it to me when he was moving out of his apartment. Given that it?s only 2.4
VUPS, I can?t see me doing anything with it at this point. I should also test my MicroVAX
III while I?m at this.
Zane
On 2021-05-21 16:38, Zane Healy via cctalk wrote:
I suspected that was the case. I?m currently only on a serial console, until I solve my
monitor cable problems.
Is anyone familiar with the 4000/90 diagnostics?
It looks like it will fail the test of the LCSPX graphics board, if it?s not plugged into
a monitor, or is missing a loopback device. Is that correct?
T 2 fails, but the manual makes it sound like I need a loopback
IIRC, it is normal that it fails, without a monitor attached.
Did you try to switch to serial console, if it still complains? T 100 succeeds
when testing the LCSPX graphics board.
If you have amonitor attached, you would see
some colors flipping and
some drawing being made on the screen The system had
been a boat anchor until a short time ago, as the battery in the Dallas DS1287A RTC was
dead. Amazon just delivered two DS12887?s. Once I replaced it, it came right up. I was
surprised to see I had a 4GB and a 2GB drive in it.
Which ones did you get? (source?)
Have to fix another two in the near future ? Now to dig out
the mouse, and wait for the parts to hook it up to a monitor. :-)
Yes, the monitor cable is fun to look for ?