Back to booting that MicroVAX...

From: ajp166 <ajp166_at_bellatlantic.net>
Date: Thu May 3 18:14:16 2001

From: Peter Kukla <fruviad_at_coil.com>


>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


Not really. Older 3100s used the 50pin cannon connector which is
standard
for SCSI-I and SCSI-II. The later 3100s like the M76 used the oddball
68pin HDB,
and I'd add long before PCs did!

I know this as I have a bunch of 3100s and.

Allison


>
>
>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
Received on Thu May 03 2001 - 18:14:16 BST