----- Original Message -----
From: "Fritz Chwolka" <Fritz_Chwolka_at_t-online.de>
To: <classiccmp_at_classiccmp.org>
Sent: Wednesday, October 25, 2000 4:20 PM
Subject: vaxstation II - howw to start
> Hi...
>
> now I cleaned the vaxstation II/GPX and I want to make it a runable
system. I own no monitor but on the
> powerconnectorside there are a lot of dsub connectors and switsches and a
onedigitdisplay.
> Can someone explain them and the
>
> If I fire the vaxstation on the systemdisplay shows an A and then seemd to
wait. Nothing goes on and no
> harddisk is aktive. The light on the powerswistchside are in ready mode.
>
> So bonnecting a serial cable to the CPU status connector diesn't work nd
it seemd as I must make a
> DEC-like cable for it.
>
> Thanks for help.
>
>
>
>
> Greetings from
>
> Fritz Chwolka - Duisburg
> / collecting old computers just for fun at www.alterechner.de \
>
>
You need to beg, borrow, or steal (or make :) a special serial cable, DEC
p/n BCC08. This
is actually pretty straightforward, and you can find the directions for
doing so all over the
place. I'd suggest checking
http://vaxarchive.org (which has a ton of
VAX-related information
anyway).
I can't remember the DEC diagnostic codes for the life of me :) Then again,
they've got
those on
http://vaxarchive.org too :)
--Sean Caron (root_at_diablonet.net) |
http://www.diablonet.net
Received on Wed Oct 25 2000 - 15:33:39 BST