28 Aug
2012
28 Aug
'12
6:15 a.m.
On 23 August 2012 23:16, Liam Proven <lproven at gmail.com> wrote:
[...]
True about the boot code, but the 9512 has a parallel
port as well as
its expansion bus connector.
I've got a serial port cartridge for mine, which I planned to hook up
to my VAXstation as a terminal - only the eBayer who sold me the
VAXstation kept not only the disk, but also the cradle and cable,
replacing which will cost me 30-40? the cost of the VAX. :?(
Is it one of the models which uses a non-standard SCSI connection to
the board? :/
You could always netboot the VAX and run it diskless (which may also
drop the ambient noise by a couple of DBs depending on the vintage of
SCSI drive you have :)
Over the years I've been an enormous fan of netbootable hardware,
including the 90's when I used to netboot, disk format and os
re-install suns from another continent...
Of course I'm currently using my VAXstation as a netboot and network
file server rather than client, but I guess I'm just a little perverse
like that...
David