23 Feb
2008
23 Feb
'08
9:07 a.m.
that doesnt help if my cables are bad :P
I need good DEC MMJ connector cables
also, as of now I have 3 "functional" vax stations. 2 of which need vms
reloaded
and the 3rd has a weird problem with the system password I'm trying to work out.
sadly my alpha (dec 3000 model 310) is still out for the count and may be totally toast.
my pride and joy, my main vaxstation 3100 m76 just gives me a blue color screen, then
nothing.
i'm wondering if I can safely take the HD out of that system and put it in one of the
spx systems
and get it to go (rather than reinstalling vms on those)
all my important data is on the 3100 that i cant get to boot
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Date: Sat, 23 Feb 2008 09:46:41 +0000
From: RodSmallwood at mail.ediconsulting.co.uk
To: cctech at classiccmp.org
CC:
Subject: RE: a bad day for vaxen
The port is an DEC MMJ connector (offset clip type). Set your terminal
to DEC-RS423 and 9600 both ways and it will run.
Rod
-----Original Message-----
From: cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org
[mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Dan Gahlinger
Sent: 23 February 2008 02:13
To: cctalk at classiccmp.org
Subject: a bad day for vaxen
well I've had a real bad day.
My vax systems have been in storage for about a year, good storage, not
too much heat or cold or humidity but, I can't get any of them to
function the way I think they should.
4 vaxen (vaxstation 3100 m76, of which 2 are spx), an alpha (dec 3000
model 310), and a vxt2000. I must be doing something wrong.I'm having a
very bad day.
and my vs 3100 model 30 seems to have vanished :(
i tried with a null modem cable and with straight through, with 3
different dec connect cables, and 3 different
(1 9pin, 1 25pin female, 1 25pin male) connectors, and can't get
anything on console.
with switch S3 up or down made no difference. and i'm not sure I'm
reading the LED status lights correctly.
i'm tired. :)
I'm digging out a monitor so I can connect the video directly, with a
keyboard and mouse, but that's always fun.
anyone in or around toronto with a working setup I could pop by one day
and hook up and see what's going on?
I'll double-check that after I try the video.
none of the docs I've found specify if it's supposed to be null-modem or
straight through.
and I think I got it right by using the port with the little printer
symbol on it as console.
the alpha I have has 25 pin female, and the vxt has 25 pin male, and the
vaxstations have what seems to be RJ12, can't they make these things
standard?
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