VAX 4000/60

From: Clint Wolff <vaxman_at_uswest.net>
Date: Fri Nov 3 19:39:26 2000

Hi Billy,

Most of the DEC stuff used fixed frequency monitors, so they can connect
to a modern multi-frequency monitor with little problems. The cable
IIRC is a 3W3 to BNC, and will attach to any monitor with BNC inputs. I
use my 2000 and 3100s with a Mitsubishi Diamond Pro21TX, and it looks
great! The cables show up on EBay pretty often, for about $10.

Any 50pin SCSI hard drive should work for you, up to whatever the maximum
capacity they offered in a 50 pin. The modern ultra, ultra2, LVD, etc.
drives won't work. I don't know the disk footprint of VMS past 5.x, so
I can't speak to how much is enough for 7.2.

Good luck getting it running! We all need to do our part to hold back
the tides of progress :)

clint

On Fri, 3 Nov 2000, Billy D'Augustine wrote:

> 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?
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Received on Fri Nov 03 2000 - 19:39:26 GMT