25 Oct
2000
25 Oct
'00
11:33 a.m.
----- Original Message -----
From: "Fritz Chwolka" <Fritz_Chwolka(a)t-online.de>
To: <classiccmp(a)classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: vaxstation II - howw to start
Hi...
now I cleaned the vaxstation II/GPX and I want to make it a runable
system. I own
no monitor but on the
powerconnectorside there are a lot of dsub connectors
and switsches and a
onedigitdisplay.
Can someone explain them and the
If I fire the vaxstation on the systemdisplay shows an A and then seemd to
wait.
Nothing goes on and no
harddisk is aktive. The light on the powerswistchside
are in ready mode.
So bonnecting a serial cable to the CPU status connector diesn't work nd
it
seemd as I must make a
DEC-like cable for it.
Thanks for help.
Greetings from
Fritz Chwolka - Duisburg
/ collecting old computers just for fun at www.alterechner.de \
You need to beg, borrow, or steal (or make :) a special serial cable, DEC
p/n BCC08. This
is actually pretty straightforward, and you can find the directions for
doing so all over the
place. I'd suggest checking http://vaxarchive.org (which has a ton of
VAX-related information
anyway).
I can't remember the DEC diagnostic codes for the life of me :) Then again,
they've got
those on http://vaxarchive.org too :)
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