14 Jan
2007
14 Jan
'07
12:36 a.m.
On 1/13/07, Scott Quinn <compoobah at valleyimplants.com> wrote:
I have a old VAXstation 3100/76 I'm playing around with (it's
surprising how much faster the VAX 4000/200 "seems" - guess it's better
memory and I/O bandwidth). The beastie is not-quite-complete (running
it as a VAXserver, and the external SCSI connector has been replaced
with a HD-50 that isn't functional- not sure if that's bad wiring or
bad SCSI chip), but it does have a full 32MB RAM and all the tests it
The SCSI connector on 3100 76 is wired differently from the standard. I was
told that it was because there was no standard when the first vaxstation was
out. You need a DEC specific SCSI cable to use the port.
vax, 9000
fails are explainable (?? on the network (since it's not connected,
that's expected), ? on the serial lines (no
kb/mouse connected there)
and the external SCSI (nothing connected and known issues).
Anyway-to the question: Neither NetBSD 2.0 or 3.0 will install
successfully. They both segfault, usually during install but once I got
3.0 installed and it was very limited functionality. Officially the
3176 is supported, but is NetBSD known to be tempermental? (I'm not
sure if it's the VAX or the software - VMS boots fine, but if the
system's wonky I won't bother with it anymore).
Can't test NetBSD on my other VAX (4000-200), since SHAC isn't
supported.