Vaxstation 3100 M38

From: Bill Pechter <pechter_at_bg-tc-ppp1494.monmouth.com>
Date: Wed Jul 25 04:29:47 2001

I just worked to assemble my Vaxstation 3100 M38

I get the following errors at power up test:

F...E...D...C...B...A...9...8...7...6...6...4...3_..2_..1...

I know the 3_ 2_ means not tested... any info on the following minor
errors...

?E 0040 0000.0005
?B 0010 0020.0081
?6 80A1 0000.4001
?4 00D0 0007.0213


SHOW DEV shows

VAX/VMS Ultrix Addr DEVTYP NUMBYTES RM/FX DEVNAM REV
DKA300 RZ3 A/3/0/00 DISK 52.4 MB FX RZ22 0A18
DKA500 RZ5 A/5/0/00 DISK ........ RM RX23 0054


SHO MEM returns 02000000
                00000000
                                008000000:00BFFFFF
                                01FE08000:01FFFFFF

The earlier memory (I swapped in what I figure was a larger dataram
expansion board) was 0013FFFF so I guess I'm doing ok on the memory.
(My 11/780 days ran on 4mb and 8mb machines under VMS 2.x and 3.x to
4.2. I assume the current hobbiest distribution will work ok in
this memory size...)

The earlier configuration responds to show mem with:
                01400000
                00000000
                013E2000:013FFFFF

I saw one DEC 4mb memory board and a Dataram board with what looks like
24mb of 1mb chips... 9 chipsx12 rows/board side on the board I put in.
The Full Dataram board is marked 16730-50 40967 Rev F.
The partial populated is marked 63104 E1 40968 Rev E.

Just by chip count I figure I've got an 16mb board and a 4mb DEC board
in there and had a 4 and 8mb set earlier. Can anyone confirm this.

I'm going to drop in a 1gb disk instead of the RZ22 the other
Vaxstation (parts donor) had an RZ23L...

Should I keep either of these for swap use or just put it all (VMS)
on one or two larger drives?

I may throw a disk in for *BSD as well... I assume I can boot either
drive.

Bill
Received on Wed Jul 25 2001 - 04:29:47 BST