18 Mar
2001
18 Mar
'01
9:20 a.m.
I've been following the thread about Chad's VAX and/or DEC machine.
Just picked up a pair of these VAX station 3200 and don't find much web
based data about them. I assume as they clearly say VAX , that they run
VMS. Anything I should know before taking a look inside? I don't want
any of that magic smoke to escape because of a stupid error on my part.
Thanks, Craig
18 Mar
18 Mar
10:17 a.m.
The VS3200 was the MicroVAX III with a GPX frame buffer card set. They are
either 4 bits or 8 bit planes (1 or 2 bitplane cards) The typical loadout
would be :
KA650 M7620 (sometimes upgraded to KA655 M7625)
MS650 M7622(16M) or M7621(8M) (one or two for 16MB or 32MB)
VCB02 M7168 (control)
M7169 (4 bitplanes, with two its 8 bitplanes)
DELQA M7516 Ethernet
M7546/M7559 TQK50/TQK70 tape controller
M7555 RQX3 disk controller
1 x RD54 in the "small version"
2 x RD54 in the "large" version
A lot of people would replace the disk controller with a third party ESDI
or SCSI controller. Connections on the back:
AUI ethernet
DE9 Console (with panel switches)
DB15 monitor/keyboard/mouse cable
If you got one or both in the BA123 config (large version) then that's
about it, if they are in BA23s (rack mount x 2 or pedestal mount x 1) then
you probably have a smaller config. Depending on processor (KA655 or KA650)
its 2.8 or 2.4 VUPS) not a bad VMS box and runs NetBSD (although without
Framebuffer support yet.)
--Chuck
At 06:20 PM 3/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
I've been following the thread about
Chad's VAX and/or DEC machine.
Just picked up a pair of these VAX station 3200 and don't find much web
based data about them. I assume as they clearly say VAX , that they run
VMS. Anything I should know before taking a look inside? I don't want
any of that magic smoke to escape because of a stupid error on my part.
Thanks, Craig
1:18 p.m.
I don't want to say that anybody is wrong, especially since my Vax
knowledge is very small, but I thought the Vax Stations were the later
desktop type machines?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Chuck McManis wrote:
If you got one or both in the BA123 config (large
version) then that's
about it, if they are in BA23s (rack mount x 2 or pedestal mount x 1) then
you probably have a smaller config. Depending on processor (KA655 or KA650)
its 2.8 or 2.4 VUPS) not a bad VMS box and runs NetBSD (although without
Framebuffer support yet.)
--Chuck
2:07 p.m.
Nope, This one [the 3200] is a honking big floor/pedestal style
and it's the small one of the series. Got a VAX station II in my storage
unit somewhere that is a Big roll around box.
You might be thinking of the VAX station 2000 variety // they're pretty
small, almost a big lunchbox size.
Craig
Old Stuff Discount Warehouse wrote:
I don't want to say that anybody is wrong, especially since my Vax
knowledge is very small, but I thought the Vax Stations were the later
desktop type machines?
Chad Fernandez
Michigan, USA
Chuck McManis wrote:
> If you got one or both in the BA123 config (large version) then that's
> about it, if they are in BA23s (rack mount x 2 or pedestal mount x 1) then
> you probably have a smaller config. Depending on processor (KA655 or KA650)
> its 2.8 or 2.4 VUPS) not a bad VMS box and runs NetBSD (although without
> Framebuffer support yet.)
>
> --Chuck
2:31 p.m.
I don't want to say that anybody is wrong,
especially since my Vax
knowledge is very small, but I thought the Vax Stations were the later
desktop type machines?
Chad Fernandez
The first VAXstations were in BA123 or BA23 chassis. I've got a ]
VAXstation II/RC and a VAXstation II/GPX both in BA23 chassis.
Actually I've seen info on one terminal that would let you argue the
original VAXen, such as the VAX-11/780 were the first VAXstations :^)
Zane
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2:32 p.m.
I don't want to say that anybody is wrong,
especially since my Vax
knowledge is very small, but I thought the Vax Stations were the later
desktop type machines?
Nope, DEC termed the name 'VAXStation' to indicate a "single user" VAX.
Any
VAX with a framebuffer, mouse, and keyboard, is considered a VAXStation.
One of the more interesting things you can experience is to take the GPX
cards *out* of a VAX and suddenly have the license no longer work because
its now a server :-)
The original VAXStation/GPX was in a BA123 "coffee table" cabinet and uses
a KA630 MicroVAX II cpu. The VAXStation 2000 was the first table top one.
For the latter, since you cannot remove the frame buffer, moving a jumper
does what you need.
--Chuck
(check out the "House of VAX" at
<http://www.mcmanis.com/chuck/computers/vaxen>)
24 Mar
24 Mar
8:53 a.m.
Old Stuff Discount Warehouse skrev:
I don't want to say that anybody is wrong,
especially since my Vax
knowledge is very small, but I thought the Vax Stations were the later
desktop type machines?
We've got a VAXstation IIGPX at the usergroup, and that thing's got wheels!
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