3 Dec
2004
3 Dec
'04
8:37 a.m.
Jeroen van Hengstum wrote:
Hello all,
Recently I got a VAX 11/725, a small model VAX that was produced around 1983.
I intend to try to boot this machine again after many years.
- Does anyone have a 11/725?
- Does anyone have 11/725 related documentation?
- How do you check in a few steps with this computer whether it is still funct
ioning properly?
I sent a rant about this to the list last week I think. I you can't find
it in the archive email me and I'll send you a copy.
Check the rollers in the tu-58 before you stick a cart into it. I'll
bet you a steak dinner they are mush. You'll be better off using a PC
as a tu58 server.
There have also been some good posts about checking out old unibus
equipment on the list recently. I'm a fan of removing all the cards and
checking the supplies with a VOM first and then adding them back in one
by one. It depends on how recently it was powered up and/or maintained.
I'd be curious to hear what peripherals you have and what you plan to
boot it from. Do you have a working RL02 / R80 drive combo?
-brad