Back to booting that MicroVAX... - test-drb@ccmp.vtda.org

3 May 2001

From: Peter Kukla &lt;fruviad(a)coil.com&gt;

...
 The SCSI connector on the back tends to be flaky on the
MicroVAX 3100s?
Hmmm...that knowledge will save me a lot of frustration.  Thanks...  :-)

Peter 

Not really.  Older 3100s used the 50pin cannon connector which is
standard
for SCSI-I and SCSI-II.  The later 3100s like the M76 used the oddball
68pin HDB,
and I'd add long before PCs did!

I know this as I have a bunch of 3100s and.

Allison

...

Zane H. Healy electronically enscribed:
>
> >Well, since the concensus seems to be that I'll need to get a CD-drive
for
...
 > >this thing, I guess I'll start looking.
>
> Remember it needs to be one that supports 512-byte blocks, instead of the
...
 > standard 2048-byte.  If it's Sun-Bootable, it
should work just fine. Since
...
 > I suspect you've got a wacky SCSI connector on
the back of that machine
...
 > you'll probably want to pop the hood and plug
the CD-ROM at least
> temporarily into the internal cable.
>
> >I did sign up for a DECUS membership a few days ago...never heard anything
...
 > >back from them, so I'll wait a few days
and resubmit my signup if nothing
...
 > >materializes from them.
>
> I've heard people have been having trouble, it might actually take a phone
...
 > call from what I've heard.  BTW, my membership
had expired over a year ago,
...
 > and I was still using my ID to get hobbyist
PAK's.
>
> Zane 