VAXstation 3200

From: Chuck McManis <cmcmanis_at_mcmanis.com>
Date: Sun Mar 18 18:17:41 2001

The VS3200 was the MicroVAX III with a GPX frame buffer card set. They are
either 4 bits or 8 bit planes (1 or 2 bitplane cards) The typical loadout
would be :
         KA650 M7620 (sometimes upgraded to KA655 M7625)
         MS650 M7622(16M) or M7621(8M) (one or two for 16MB or 32MB)
         VCB02 M7168 (control)
               M7169 (4 bitplanes, with two its 8 bitplanes)
         DELQA M7516 Ethernet
         M7546/M7559 TQK50/TQK70 tape controller
         M7555 RQX3 disk controller
                 1 x RD54 in the "small version"
                 2 x RD54 in the "large" version

A lot of people would replace the disk controller with a third party ESDI
or SCSI controller. Connections on the back:
         AUI ethernet
         DE9 Console (with panel switches)
         DB15 monitor/keyboard/mouse cable

If you got one or both in the BA123 config (large version) then that's
about it, if they are in BA23s (rack mount x 2 or pedestal mount x 1) then
you probably have a smaller config. Depending on processor (KA655 or KA650)
its 2.8 or 2.4 VUPS) not a bad VMS box and runs NetBSD (although without
Framebuffer support yet.)

--Chuck

At 06:20 PM 3/18/01 -0500, you wrote:
> I've been following the thread about Chad's VAX and/or DEC machine.
>Just picked up a pair of these VAX station 3200 and don't find much web
>based data about them. I assume as they clearly say VAX , that they run
>VMS. Anything I should know before taking a look inside? I don't want
>any of that magic smoke to escape because of a stupid error on my part.
> Thanks, Craig
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