VAX 4000/60

From: Billy D'Augustine <azog_at_azog.org>
Date: Fri Nov 3 17:01:49 2000

I've been lurking here for about a month now. A friend of mine told me there
were a lot of DECheads here, so I signed up. I've been puttering around with
big iron for about a few years, but I don't have anything left (had two VAX
730's and several PDP-11's - an 11/34, 11/73 and what I think was either an
11/04 or an 11/03... I'm sorta regretting getting rid of any of them... I'd
like to get back into hacking Unibuss stuff someday)

Anyways, I recently got a VAXstation 4000/60 from e-bay, for what I
considered to be a nice price. Works fine. Had VMS 5.5-2 on it, but I got
the hobbyist license and VAX/VMS 7.2 CD from montagar (good deal!).

It only has 24mb of RAM - 8mb built in, and four 4mb chips, leaving two
slots open. Unfortunately, the best I can do on that setup would be 32mb
RAM. I know the machine can do 104mb (96mb in chips, I guess that would be
six 16mb chips), but I'm not sure of the type of memory used.

It also has two RZ25's, which are a bit tight. What limitations do I have on
drives that can be installed?

I'm not using the frame buffer. My intention even before I received it was
to run a serial console. But I think it might be fun to run a graphical
display. Have no idea what type of frame buffer is installed, except that it
has an odd sub-D connector with three mini-BNCs inside. What's the specs on
the monitor that can be connected? Can I get an an adapter cable to connect
it to my PC monitor?
Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 17:01:49 GMT