VAX 4000-200 Maintenance

[Robert Jarratt]

Thanks for the suggestion. This is of course entirely for hobbyist purposes, I will look for alternatives here in the UK, but if that fails I will give it a go.

Regards

Rob

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of Sue
> Skonetski
> Sent: 19 November 2015 22:12
> To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts
> Subject: Re: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance
> 
> Dear Rob,
> 
> Just an idea Nemonix Engineering (previous employer) does maintenance and
> support for PDP, VAX and Alpha.  I know that they had new batteries.  Not new
> in the DEC packaging but newly mad they may be able to do some thing for
> you.
> 
> Contact Wayne Beeson and let him know I sent you.
> 
> url is nemonix.com <http://nemonix.com/> phone is 508-393-7700
> 
> Coming from a DEC background it was amazing to see this hardware still in
> active work.  On of my favorites was discussions was around fans.  When the
> hardware was originally made they did not include sealed fans for general sale
> so as the fan got old and slowed down it would gradually heat up the mother
> board so folks thought it was a mother board issue, get it replaced and then a
> few moths later the fan would break and people would have t replace.
> Nemonix did both so it was not an issue just uncomfortable for the customer.
> 
> If there is anything I can do to help please just let me know.
> 
> Warm Regards,
> Sue
> 
> 
> 
> > On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Robert Jarratt <robert.jarratt at ntlworld.com>
> wrote:
> >
> >> -----Original Message-----
> >> From: cctech [mailto:cctech-bounces at classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
> >> william degnan
> >> Sent: 19 November 2015 17:28
> >> To: cctech
> >> Subject: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance
> >>
> >> Performed maintenance of my VAX 4000-200.
> >>
> >> Removed NiCad battery
> >
> >
> > My to-do list has me doing the rounds of all my machines to check them all
> for the batteries. I'd like to replace rather than remove though, but that could
> get expensive at about £10-12 pounds per machine for the cordless phone
> battery packs sold by Maplin. Maybe there is a better alternative, I should go
> and take a look.
> >
> > Regards
> >
> > Rob
> >
> >> Replaced hard drive
> >> Made new image of system drive
> >>
> >> The how-to is all over the web, but I summarized a lot of the basic
> >> support tasks associated with a networked VAX 4000 here for anyone
> >> interested in a simple "for dummies" page
> >>
> >> http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=608
> >>
> >> The system is hosted here:
> >> vax4000.vintagecomputer.net
> >>
> >> --
> >> Bill
> >
> 
> Sue Skonetski
> 
> VP of Customer Advocacy
> Sue.Skonetski at vmssoftware.com
> Office: +1 (978) 451-0116
> Mobile: +1 (603) 494-9886
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> Mit freundlichen Grüßen – Avec mes meilleures salutations
>