16 Jul
2008
16 Jul
'08
3:02 p.m.
Hello all.
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard. Is
there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work on this
machine?
Thanks
Joe Giliberti
16 Jul
16 Jul
3:14 p.m.
Joe Giliberti wrote:
Hello all.
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard. Is
there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work on this
machine?
Nope. The keyboard and mouse are serial in nature. You shouldn't have
too much trouble finding a set, though. They're around. The keyboard
you want is the DEC LK201 or LK401. (I like the 401 better.) The mouse
you want is VSXXX. There are two kinds of mice. One has a mouse ball.
The other has two rollers that contact the desk surface at angles to
get vertical and horizontal movement. I like the latter better.
For the monitor, you want something that can deal with Sync-on-green (SOG).
Peace... Sridhar
3:23 p.m.
On Wed, 16 Jul 2008 15:02:21 -0400
"Joe Giliberti" <starbase89 at gmail.com> wrote:
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the
local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard.
Is there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work
on this machine?
Most likely it has a 3W3 video connector. Connect the three coax
signals
of the 3W3 connector to the RGB pins of a VGA monitor, that is capable
of sync on green and you are done.
You can use a LK401 or LK201 keyboard and a DEC VSxxx mouse with the
VAXstation. It shouldn't be that hard to get one of each. You can also
build a KBDbabel: http://www.kbdbabel.org/ (You need PS2 Keyboard --->
DEC VT320)
--
tsch__,
Jochen
Homepage: http://www.unixag-kl.fh-kl.de/~jkunz/
3:27 p.m.
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Joe Giliberti <starbase89 at gmail.com> wrote:
Hello all.
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard. Is
there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work on this
machine?
Did it include the monitor cable? If I remember right, the 4000 used
a 3W3 (*NOT* 13W3) connector for video, which might be hard to come
by. But if you can find a 3W3 connector, you can make your own 3W3 to
VGA cable fairly easily. Any monitor that does Sync-on-Green should
work. Most 17-inch and larger CRT displays seem to have this feature.
I've even used my ViewSonic VP201b LCD display -- the analog input
does sync-on-green, which I've found to be incredibly useful.
If you do have the video cable, you can use pretty much any CRT that
has three R-G-B BNC connectors and sync-on-green, or you can use a
short 3 female BNC to VGA converter, which I've found to be a little
tricky to come by, but not impossible. Again, you can always make
your own if pressed!
Joe Giliberti
-Seth
3:39 p.m.
Seth Morabito wrote:
On Wed, Jul 16, 2008 at 12:02 PM, Joe Giliberti
<starbase89 at gmail.com> wrote:
It's FAR easier to find a 3w3->3BNC cable than to find a bare 3w3 connector.
Peace... Sridhar
Hello all.
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard. Is
there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work on this
machine?
Did it include the monitor cable? If I remember right, the 4000 used
a 3W3 (*NOT* 13W3) connector for video, which might be hard to come
by. But if you can find a 3W3 connector, you can make your own 3W3 to
VGA cable fairly easily. Any monitor that does Sync-on-Green should
work. Most 17-inch and larger CRT displays seem to have this feature.
I've even used my ViewSonic VP201b LCD display -- the analog input
does sync-on-green, which I've found to be incredibly useful. 
4:28 p.m.
Hello all.
I picked up this morning a VAXstation 4000/60 from the local recycling
center's computer dumpster. I could not find the monitor or keyboard. Is
there any way to make a VGA monitor, and PS/2 Keyboard/mouse work on this
machine?
It's easier just to plug a serial terminal in and access it via the network.
I don't run a monitor on any of my VAXen, and rarely on an Alpha.
Zane
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