VAXStation 2000 (Was: TK50Z-GA and MicroVax 3100/90?)

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Wed May 22 12:01:52 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Rod Young [mailto:rodyoung_at_shaw.ca]

> I actually have a DEC printer adapter (MMJ->9pin) which kind
> of works in the
> 9pin port on the VS2000 (I think) as it does display some
> text... but not
> all from what I can tell. Appears to only report lines with
> "?" marks...
> which are warnings and "??" marks I assume are errors. I get
> a ?? on the

It's odd that it works at all. :) Even stranger if you really
are only getting lines with ? in them ;)

Are you getting the "dead sergeant?" It looks like:

>>>

Do you see the system counting down in hex? (From F to 1, I think)

> device line "1" (ethernet) and thought I read somewhere that
> the thinwire
> had to be terminated or forget it... and given the 9 pin

Forget what? That will prevent an auto-boot, but won't keep the
system from operating. It's not serious; just serious enough that
they wanted to wait for some console input before going ahead. Go
ahead and try booting it.
 
> Yes, tried hooking up the AUI port too, but the thickwire
> cables I have
> won't fit! The gender is fine, but both the cables and the
> AUI port on the
> VS have the locking posts. I seem to be hitting dead ends

That's odd :) They might be strange cables.

> all over... but
> will try to connect the thinwire to resolve the "??"
> reported, and also make
> a proper 9pin cable, then will see where that gets me.

If you're getting the prompt, the counting in hex, and the
CPU ID (something like KAXXX-XX, I think), you're doing
fine in the cable department. I suppose if not, maybe the
VAX prints its errors to all the ports on bootup. In that
case, it won't take input from that port, and you'll need
to get the right cable to tell it to boot. You still don't
absolutely have to get the network connected, though.

Chris


Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

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'
 
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