Hi all,
Any Aussies out there know a good place to look for an ethernet adapter
that will fit a Microvax II? I have a nice machine, complete with VMS 5.4,
freshly rescued from a scrap metal yard, but it has no network adapter.
While I'm at it, AUI-10Base2(or t) transceivers are also getting rare,
(around here anyway) since I have a Vax 6220 in need as well, any good
sources?
S/H preferred. I'd like 2 or 3 if possible.
BTW, Huw, did you ever come across a source for a Vax 8530-Console cable?
(With that subject line, I just know you'll read this!)
You mentioned some time back that you might know where one was.
The Pro380 console for it now has a new hard disk, with the console
software successfully installed, it just needs a cable to make the
poor old beast functional. (Backplane permitting)
I see what you mean about the backplane too.
Geoff Roberts
Computer Systems Manager
Saint Marks College
Port Pirie South Australia.
My ICQ# is 1970476
Ph. 61-411-623-978 (Mobile)
61-8-8633-0619 (Home)
61-8-8633-8834 (Work-Direct)
61-8-8633-0104 (Fax)
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When last I looked - and this was 1993 or so - you could still buy the ethernet
interfaces for uVAX IIs from used system dealers. Whatever you do, don't get
stuck with a deqna board. Nothing after VMS 5.3 supports them.
You want a delqa or delqa YM board. The YM is the high performance version of
the delqa. In 1993 they cost about 300 bucks(US) a whack. For refernece,
a 16 bit PC net board was between 1 and 2 hundred bucks(US) at the time.
They're probably more or less worthless now. *sigh* :)
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Jim Strickland
jim(a)DIESPAMMERSCUMcalico.litterbox.com
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