Message: 13 Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2012 14:19:19 -0700 From: Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> To: "General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts" <cctalk at classiccmp.org> Subject: Re: VMS newbie with sick VAXstation Message-ID: <CAM2UOw+PkTqm2cGiuWoVOKkPuLcBw1LkSyyBEFVcSfCqOWsVyQ at mail.gmail.com> Content-Type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 On Oct 23, 2012 12:14 PM, "Cameron Kaiser" <spectre at floodgap.com> wrote: My 3100 M76 came with the external SCSI terminator. I'll have to take a look at it and see if there is a part number on it. -Glen The /76 has dual SCSI busses, so the presence or absence of the external terminator is not critical for proper operation of the internal devices, provided that the internal bus line is properly terminated. Another vote in favor of hacking in a CD-ROM drive and booting from the disks. Unfortunately, VAX-VMS doesn't have the "Minnie-VMS" environment that Alpha does.