VT1200 and Vaxstation 4000 VLC Kansas City

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Tue Mar 20 11:35:31 2001

>I just came across two Vaxstation 4000 VLC's and one VT1200. Each of the
>Vaxstations has 24 MB of memory and a RZ23L drive. I bought one for $10.

Great price! You'll want to add a larger hard drive. The system most
likely was booted off a Cluster drive, and only used the RZ23L for swap
space. I've got a 2GB drive in mine.

>The Vaxstation uses a 3w3 monitor, is the cable rare?

The same cable will for I think all Turbochannel video boards also, so it's
only moderatly rare. They turn up on eBay a *lot*. I've used it mine with
a 17" multisync monitor.

>Can I use a VT420 instead?

There is a little switch (I think it's on the side by the power switch),
you can flip it, and then plug in a MMJ cable.

>It also has a big scsi connector on the back.

Which is great for hooking up a CD-ROM. Though I had some problems getting
the system to work with my floater CD-ROM drive when I installed the OS.

>I probable need to revisit the VAX/VMS FAQ.

Probably want to revisit the OpenVMS FAQ, I'm not aware of one that is for
VAX/VMS :^)

                        Zane
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