DEC hardware question re infoserver 150

From: Fred deBros <fdebros_at_verizon.net>
Date: Sun May 11 20:03:34 2003

I have a MODEL -SEACD-AX-A01 infoserver 150 box containing a cd and an
hdd

The back panel looks almost like a Vaxstation, except that it has two
scsi terminators, 3 mmj plugs called 1, 2 and 3 with the two-way arrows
on them (my guess serial i/o) and a db25 instead of the db15. Above the
db25 plug is a square containing a broad arrow upward, not the usual
printer symbol found on dec eqpt. No mouse and no kbd plug there. But
otherwise, the back of the box looks similar: it has the aui and bnc
Ethernet connectors, the push-button switch between them and the s3
switch between the check lights and the db25 pin plug.

So the s3 switch looking exactly like the one on a Vaxstation 3100
series should do the same: switch from serial display/console to
terminal. And the dB25 plug is not a printer out, but functionally
similar to the db15 of the vs3100: it carries mouse/kbd and b/w analog
signals (single bnc) for a terminal display. No SPX or GPX board in
there anyways. Am I right?

Long slide for a short question:
Is there a DEC cable that fits this db25 plug and that has the mouse/kbd
plugs - analogous to the vs3100 15-pin plug?
Does anyone have the pinouts to this db25 plug?

All I need is kbd and analog out. That would allow me to fire up this
otherwise nifty combo in netbsd for vax.
Or try the new linux vs3100 kernel on a compact system that has the cd
built-in.....

Fred
Received on Sun May 11 2003 - 20:03:34 BST