Need info for a VAX Station 3100 SPX / VS42A-DA

[Pete Lancashire]

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:
> > > 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.
> >
>
>
> 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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