At 15:00 05-04-2000 +0200, you wrote:
>BA123 Box containing:
Ahh, the 'WorldBox.' Nice enclosure! It's the only one I've seen that can
be both a server and an end table in one package. ;-)
>CPU M7606 with propably 1 MB RAM
> (Onboard RAM=disconnected if other RAM is
> present ?)
With the other two memory boards present, this is correct. Max memory for
the MV-II was 16MB. Still plenty for VMS or NetBSD.
>RAM M7609 2x (Do they have standard amount)
> they are fully stucked with chips
Yes. These would be 8MB each.
>M7516 DEQLA or DEQNA ?
> (Has cable going to the AUI connector at the back)
You're in luck. The 7516 is a DELQA, the later of the two.
>M7555 Diskcontroller ? dunno type of controller
> but it connects to 2 * RD54a
> (via an intermediate board and cables)
This is an RQDX3. It can handle up to two hard drives (the RD54's are 170
meg or so) and one dual floppy drive.
Some MV owners (myself included) have pulled away from the RQDX3 for hard
drive support, and turned instead to ESDI or SCSI drives using the
appropriate board from Dilog, Emulex, or whoever.
>M7546 Tapecontroller for TK50
Specifically, a TQK50 controller.
>Unkown ID.
> Board from Distributed Logic Corp with the following numbers:
> SQ703A , 706AQ0748 and on the rom: 45u / 92782 Rev j.
Oooooh! Lucky person!! That's an early Dilog Qbus to SCSI adapter!
> It is connected to an EXABYTE 8200SX 8mm Tapedrive so
> it shoul be a SCSI-controller. The guy i got the uVAX from told me
> that I could change it to a SCSI-controller the could access SCSI-HD's
> rather than a EXABYTE tapedrive. But I should change some prom's
> on the card.
I suspect this is correct, but I don't know for sure. The 703 may be
tape-only, while its big brother, the SQ706, should be able to do tape or
disk... can someone who's Dilog-fluent check me on that, please?
>Furthermore I would like to know how to connect a PC-terminal-emulator to
>the terminal connector at the back. It is a 9 pin D-type connector and a
>Baudrate switch next to it.
>Does it have a standard PC-like pinout?
No. You'd need either an "official" DEC console cable, or you can make one
with the pinout chart from:
http://www.cs.cmu.edu/afs/cs/usr/jmcm/www/info/mvii-console.txt
Good luck! The MVII is a nice system, and (if you like Unix) will run
NetBSD (www.netbsd.org) no problem.
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Received on Wed Apr 05 2000 - 09:05:21 BST