DEC InfoServer ?

From: Kevin Handy <kth_at_srv.net>
Date: Wed Mar 12 10:04:01 2003

Fred deBros wrote:

>Specifically: Does anybody have the pinout to the db25 (not a db 15!)
>plug of the infoserver 150 model SEACD - AX - A01 in the back? The
>
Probably a printer port. RS-232 Serial port. (At least if it is like a
regular uVax3100). Symbol looks like a box with a triangle in it
with a couple of arrows on the bottom.

>caption above the plug shows a square with an up-arrow in it. Monitor?
>Combo kbd/mouse/monitor?
>And the S1 switch nearby that switches regular vs3100's between serial
>and terminal console mode.
>
Not sure off the top of my head what that switch does, but it is there
on all 3100/10's.

>Does that mean it has a built-in framebuffer for at least b/w like all
>vs3100's and can serve as a console?
>
Not all 3100's had video. I doubt that this one does either.
Sounds more like a standard 3100/10.

>There are three mmj plugs in the back, named 1,2 and 3 with horiz arrows
>to left and right: why three serial consoles? All simultaneous?
>
Three serial ports (in addition to the printer port, which is also just a
standard serial port). Under VMS/BSD/..., these will allow for 4
serial devices to be plugged in (terminals, printers, etc.)

It will boot up on one of the MMJ ports (probably either 1 or 3),
but it varies from system to system as to which one works.
Probably at 9600 baud.

>And two scsi terminators. Two scsi buses?
>
Yup. Plenty of ports for SCSI devices.

>So where does the kbd go???
>
On the terminal. It depends on what graphic board was in the
VaxStation as to what the connector was, but the keyboard
connector was usually built into the video cable.

>Then it has this bulging cover that hides the MAC address of the serial
>interface.
>
They came with those covers over some of the extra ports.

>
>Otherwise the box looks just like a vs3100 to me, so it should run
>netbsd1.6. BTW for those who play with it: Ping works on a vs3100m38,
>although it does not return the pkt count to console, so it looks
>broken....hate dead dinosaurs! Try telnet instead and bingo!
>
>
>
Sounds like a 3100/10 to me.
Received on Wed Mar 12 2003 - 10:04:01 GMT