31 Dec
2002
31 Dec
'02
1:19 a.m.
Rumor has it that Bradley Slavik may have mentioned these words:
Thanks for the useful information about the memory. I
have already managed
to locate 1 pair of SIMMs on Ebay. I will continue until maxed out.
I have no affiliation other than I'm a satisfied customer:
http://www.18004memory.com/category.asp?catid=2&subcatid=202
Quite possibly better prices than what you'll find on Ebay...
Where do they hook up to? I see on ebay cables with
db15 end and 3 bnc,
keyboard and mouse at the other end. I hook this into back of DEC 3000 where
it has tablet port? or do I need two separate cables, one for monitor from
3w3 connector and one from tablet port for keyboard and mouse?
You'll need a 3w3 -> 3 BNC cable (for a 3/4/5 BNC connector monitor) and
you'll need a special thingamawidget to hook a keyboard & mouse up -- I'm
at work, DEC3000/300 at home, so I can't take a look at it just yet...
I have plenty of monitors, but not quite sure what you
are saying. Say I
have monitor with 13w3 connector on back, then I need 3w3 to 13w3 cable and
monitor is set? Where do keyboard and mouse come into picture? Special cable
plugging into tablet port (DB15) in back of DEC 3000?
Yea, that sounds right.
Sorry for so many questions, but I do not know too much
about these
machines (as if that is not obvious). Still I hope to soon have OpenVMS or
Linux running on them.
Hmmm... Linux? Keep hoping. AFAIK, linux doesn't support TurboChannel (or
at least not much of it), so it'll be a struggle. NetBSD _last I checked_
ran fine on it, but didn't support any framebuffers, so you would need a
terminal hooked up to it (which would negate your need to get the
keyboard/mouse/monitor running... ;-) - but you'd wanna check netbsd.org
for sure... maybe it's supported now.
I ran Tru64 Unix on mine, it ran fair, but a little slow on 128Meg RAM --
debating when I can put in a little money into my little beastie... but I
plan on running VMS on it when I do.
Anywho, HTH & Happy New Year!
Roger "Merch" Merchberger
--
Roger "Merch" Merchberger -- sysadmin, Iceberg Computers
zmerch(a)30below.com
What do you do when Life gives you lemons,
and you don't *like* lemonade?????????????