Back to booting that MicroVAX...

From: Peter Kukla <fruviad_at_coil.com>
Date: Thu May 3 11:41:18 2001

The SCSI connector on the back tends to be flaky on the MicroVAX 3100s?
Hmmm...that knowledge will save me a lot of frustration. Thanks... :-)

Peter


Zane H. Healy electronically enscribed:
>
> >Well, since the concensus seems to be that I'll need to get a CD-drive for
> >this thing, I guess I'll start looking.
>
> Remember it needs to be one that supports 512-byte blocks, instead of the
> standard 2048-byte. If it's Sun-Bootable, it should work just fine. Since
> I suspect you've got a wacky SCSI connector on the back of that machine
> you'll probably want to pop the hood and plug the CD-ROM at least
> temporarily into the internal cable.
>
> >I did sign up for a DECUS membership a few days ago...never heard anything
> >back from them, so I'll wait a few days and resubmit my signup if nothing
> >materializes from them.
>
> I've heard people have been having trouble, it might actually take a phone
> call from what I've heard. BTW, my membership had expired over a year ago,
> and I was still using my ID to get hobbyist PAK's.
>
> Zane
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