31 Mar
2016
31 Mar
'16
7:45 p.m.
Won the guy on the big auction site, put the minimum bid down and $50 later
it showed up on the doorstop.
http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027
Sorry for the bad photo's but the sun was going down fast.
Been trying to find the display interface specs, pinout, freqs, etc. but so
far have been overwhelmed with just about everything else.
Other things I guess I'll need are
Also what keyboard should I be looking for ?
What options do I have for an O/S ?
The last time I logged into a VAX was one of many 11/780s the company I
worked for was like 198? something.
A LONG time ago ..
-pete
31 Mar
31 Mar
8:36 p.m.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Pete Lancashire
<pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
Won the guy on the big auction site, put the minimum
bid down and $50 later
it showed up on the doorstop.
http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027
Sorry for the bad photo's but the sun was going down fast.
Been trying to find the display interface specs, pinout, freqs, etc. but so
far have been overwhelmed with just about everything else.
Other things I guess I'll need are
Also what keyboard should I be looking for ?
What options do I have for an O/S ?
The last time I logged into a VAX was one of many 11/780s the company I
worked for was like 198? something.
A VAXstation 3100 series GPX (VS40X-PA) controller is supposed to have
a resolution of 1024 by 864 at 60Hz while the SPX (WS01X-GA)
controller is supposed to have a resolution of 1280 by 1024 at 66 Hz.
The color video cable 15-pin D-shell to 3-BNC cable for the SPX is the BC23J-03.
The keyboard is the common LK201.
I installed OpenVMS 7.3 on my VAXstation 3100 M76 SPX.
1 Apr
1 Apr
9:36 a.m.
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Glen Slick <glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Pete Lancashire
<pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
If you don't have the correct monitor for xwindow for now that may not
matter yet anyway. First you need to get into the serial console to set up
the system, reset the password, etc. I have a 3100 I recently got up and
running, the thread is on my web site if any of this info will be useful to
you.
My battery is still good, but you also will want to replace the battery if
the system asks you to set the time on each cold boot.
My microvax3100 has only serial console display.
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Won the guy on the big auction site, put the
minimum bid down and $50
later
it showed up on the doorstop.
http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027
Sorry for the bad photo's but the sun was going down fast.
Been trying to find the display interface specs, pinout, freqs, etc. but
so
far have been overwhelmed with just about
everything else.
Other things I guess I'll need are
Also what keyboard should I be looking for ?
What options do I have for an O/S ?
The last time I logged into a VAX was one of many 11/780s the company I
worked for was like 198? something.
A VAXstation 3100 series GPX (VS40X-PA) controller is supposed to have
a resolution of 1024 by 864 at 60Hz while the SPX (WS01X-GA)
controller is supposed to have a resolution of 1280 by 1024 at 66 Hz.
The color video cable 15-pin D-shell to 3-BNC cable for the SPX is the
BC23J-03.
The keyboard is the common LK201.
I installed OpenVMS 7.3 on my VAXstation 3100 M76 SPX.
10:56 a.m.
Sounds good, your reply and Glen's kicked me into remember I have somewhere
a couple of the serial cables and DB25 adapters, just have to remember from
around 15 years ago where they are.
-pete
On Fri, Apr 1, 2016 at 9:36 AM, william degnan <billdegnan at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 11:36 PM, Glen Slick
<glen.slick at gmail.com> wrote:
On Thu, Mar 31, 2016 at 7:45 PM, Pete Lancashire
<pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
but
Won the guy on the big auction site, put the
minimum bid down and $50
later
> it showed up on the doorstop.
>
> http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027
>
> Sorry for the bad photo's but the sun was going down fast.
>
> Been trying to find the display interface specs, pinout, freqs, etc. so
If you don't have the correct monitor for xwindow for now that may not
matter yet anyway. First you need to get into the serial console to set up
the system, reset the password, etc. I have a 3100 I recently got up and
running, the thread is on my web site if any of this info will be useful to
you.
My battery is still good, but you also will want to replace the battery if
the system asks you to set the time on each cold boot.
My microvax3100 has only serial console display.
--
@ BillDeg:
Web: vintagecomputer.net
Twitter: @billdeg <https://twitter.com/billdeg>
Youtube: @billdeg <https://www.youtube.com/user/billdeg>
Unauthorized Bio <http://www.vintagecomputer.net/readme.cfm>
far have been overwhelmed with just about
everything else.
Other things I guess I'll need are
Also what keyboard should I be looking for ?
What options do I have for an O/S ?
The last time I logged into a VAX was one of many 11/780s the company I
worked for was like 198? something.
A VAXstation 3100 series GPX (VS40X-PA) controller is supposed to have
a resolution of 1024 by 864 at 60Hz while the SPX (WS01X-GA)
controller is supposed to have a resolution of 1280 by 1024 at 66 Hz.
The color video cable 15-pin D-shell to 3-BNC cable for the SPX is the
BC23J-03.
The keyboard is the common LK201.
I installed OpenVMS 7.3 on my VAXstation 3100 M76 SPX.
31 Mar
31 Mar
11:27 p.m.
On 01 April 2016 at 03:45 Pete Lancashire <pete at petelancashire.com> wrote:
Won the guy on the big auction site, put the minimum bid down and $50
later
it showed up on the doorstop.
http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6027
Sorry for the bad photo's but the sun was going down fast.
Been trying to find the display interface specs, pinout, freqs, etc. but
so
far have been overwhelmed with just about everything else.
Other things I guess I'll need are
Also what keyboard should I be looking for ?
What options do I have for an O/S ?
The last time I logged into a VAX was one of many 11/780s the company I
worked for was like 198? something.
A LONG time ago ..
-pete
To get started you don't need a display or a keyboard. As long as you have some
DECconnect serial cable and an adapter (see Hoff's site for details:
http://labs.hoffmanlabs.com/node/467), then you can connect it to a terminal
emulator on a PC. You need to switch the machine to console mode (can't remember
the official name) though. To do that there is a small switch on the back. In
this picture http://petelancashire.com/gallery/main.php?g2_itemId=6056 it is in
the small hole immediately to the left of the diagnostic LEDs.
You won't get a graphics display, but at least you can start setting it up.
Regards
Rob
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