Question about DHQ11-Ms

From: Allison J Parent <allisonp_at_world.std.com>
Date: Tue Aug 18 21:25:21 1998

< At any rate, are the female DB-25 bulkhead connectors true RS-232 or som
< weirdie mutation like the console DB-9 port?

No, the PC DB9 is the mutant. ;) The DB25s are true RS232 with full
handshake.

< Also, I've got a DECMate III in the garage with no monitor or keyboard.
< But it's got an RX50 and some RD series drive. Obviously the RX50 can b
< moved to the MVII since it doesn't have one (but does have an RQDX3) but
< what about the RD series hard disk? I'd like to put it on the MVII for
< extra storage capacity but I seem to recall from playing with the

The RD can be used but you'll need the customer formatter to format it for
the RQDX3 instead of the DMIII controller.

< Also, although it includes Macro (of course) it includes NO other
< language development tools. Apparently it was a turnkey type system for

No basic?

< reading utility meters. Field service last logged-in in '92!!! And it'
< got 13000some blocks free on the disk. I'm tempted to get things like
< the GNU C binaries for it etc etc...and I always give in to that sort of
< temptation! =)

More disk, need more disk.

It's good little box. Add a scsi controller like the CMD units and hang a
real good sides disk... and wheee.

Allison
Received on Tue Aug 18 1998 - 21:25:21 BST