first DEC machine - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

2 Apr 1999

Hi r,

Tell us the signature of the LED's.
Probably, something is wrong with your motherboard, memory, graphics ...

Another idea is to plug in a terminal in the printer port. probably you get
a message there.And don't forget to put the little switch "up" that is left
to the 8 LEDs. If it is already "up" you have the terminal as the console
already, so you don't get anything on the Monitor.

You told that you have a Lk201 ? Which of the LEDs are on ?
(they displaying some errors from the box too)

hope it helps,
cheers,
emanuel

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  From: R. Stricklin (kjaeros) &lt;red(a)bears.org&gt;
 To: Discussion re-collecting of classic computers
&lt;classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu&gt;
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  Subject: first DEC machine
 Date: Friday, April 02, 1999 2:22 PM

 Howdy;

 Several years ago while I was at UW I promised myself that one day I'd get
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  a VAX and learn how to use VMS. That day came
yesterday, when a VAXstation
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  3100m76 showed up on my doorstep. 
BTW, the name for my is "godot" simply because I waited so long ...

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  I received also an LK201 keyboard, the wondrous
"hockey puck" mouse, and
 the video cable (15 pin D-sub on one end, 3 BNC plus what look to be
 keyboard and mouse connectors). The machine supposedly has SPX graphics. 
nice !!!

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  Switched the machine on, and waited. And waited.
Nothing. No lights on the
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  keyboard, nothing on the display. The LED status
whatsis at the rear
 wibbled around a bit but I didn't pay close attention to what it was
 doing.  
That's bad ..

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  The disks never spun up. 
Usually they spin up, IF the system tries to boot from them, or you execute
a "show config"

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  I tried again with the keyboard and mouse plugged into
the connectors on
 the back of the machine, and got keyboard lights, but aside from that had
 the same luck as before. 
which lights ?