On Fri, 14 Jun 2002, Rick Bensene wrote:
> Hello,
>
> I made a haul of various computer stuff yesterday, most of which is too
> new to qualify
> for the 10 year rule, but not sure if this one is or not.
>
> It is a Digital Equipment 3000, Model 600.
> It is a desktop-style case with horizontal orientation. It's HEAVY.
How many people have asked what a DEC 3000 is in the last few months? I
know I did, and one or two other people...
> Anyone know anything about this machine?
Yes. It's a Turbochanel Alpha machine, the 175MHz Sandpiper+. Runs
Digital Unix (or OSF/1 or whatever it's now called), VMS, or NetBSD.
NetBSD doesn't support the LK{4|2}01 keybard, however. Linux might or
might not be functional on it.
Easiest way to find out info is google. NetBSD's site has info on it
Aparently there's a work on getting the Alpha Linux port to work...
http://www.phys.ufl.edu/~prescott/linux/alpha/dec3000-port.html
The HP/Compaq specs...
http://www.compaq.com/alphaserver/archive/axp/dec3000_600.html
More random info...
http://www.psych.usyd.edu.au/pdp-11/alpha_specs.html
> It powers up OK, and goes through a sequence of flashing different codes
> (POST?)
> on 8 LED's on the back panel. I haven't hooked up a console to it (it
> uses a
> funky RJ-style connector for the console port). It has a CD-ROM drive
> in the of
It's called MMJ. You can find out info on it by using google.
> the cabinet. There is an old-style Centronics SCSI connector on the
> back, as
Not centronics. SCSI-I. I'm starting to feel that hangover again. :)
> well as old AUI-style 10Base2 connector for Ethernet. It also appears
> to have
Errr AUI == DA15 connector, 10Base2 == BNC connector. Do you mean AUI or
10Base2? My 3000/600 has a 10BaseT (RJ45) connector on back as well, does
yours?
> a built-in ISDN interface. There's three slots for option cards, and
Yup.
> one haswhat appears to be some kind of color framebuffer card with a
> 3-pin (RGB?) D-style connector.
Standard connector for the framebuffer. Sun and IBM also use it, but IBM
has a different pinout (swap red/green?).
-- Pat
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