Thanks for the suggestion. This is of course entirely for hobbyist purposes, I will look
for alternatives here in the UK, but if that fails I will give it a go.
Regards
Rob
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sue
Skonetski
Sent: 19 November 2015 22:12
To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance
Dear Rob,
Just an idea Nemonix Engineering (previous employer) does maintenance and
support for PDP, VAX and Alpha. I know that they had new batteries. Not new
in the DEC packaging but newly mad they may be able to do some thing for
you.
Contact Wayne Beeson and let him know I sent you.
url is
nemonix.com <http://nemonix.com/> phone is 508-393-7700
Coming from a DEC background it was amazing to see this hardware still in
active work. On of my favorites was discussions was around fans. When the
hardware was originally made they did not include sealed fans for general sale
so as the fan got old and slowed down it would gradually heat up the mother
board so folks thought it was a mother board issue, get it replaced and then a
few moths later the fan would break and people would have t replace.
Nemonix did both so it was not an issue just uncomfortable for the customer.
If there is anything I can do to help please just let me know.
Warm Regards,
Sue
On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Robert Jarratt
<robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
wrote:
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at
classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
william degnan
Sent: 19 November 2015 17:28
To: cctech
Subject: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance
Performed maintenance of my VAX 4000-200.
Removed NiCad battery
My to-do list has me doing the rounds of all my machines to check them all
for the
batteries. I'd like to replace rather than remove though, but that could
get expensive at about ?10-12 pounds per machine for the cordless phone
battery packs sold by Maplin. Maybe there is a better alternative, I should go
and take a look.
Regards
Rob
Replaced hard drive
Made new image of system drive
The how-to is all over the web, but I summarized a lot of the basic
support tasks associated with a networked VAX 4000 here for anyone
interested in a simple "for dummies" page
http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=608
The system is hosted here:
vax4000.vintagecomputer.net
--
Bill
Sue Skonetski
VP of Customer Advocacy
Sue.Skonetski at
vmssoftware.com
Office: +1 (978) 451-0116
Mobile: +1 (603) 494-9886
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