Subject: Re: MicroVAX 3300
To: Erik Manders <erik@il.ft.hse.nl>
From: Gunnar Helliesen <gunnar@bitcon.no>
List: port-vax
Date: 05/17/1996 04:41:36
On Wed, 15 May 1996, Erik Manders wrote:
> Hello,
> Does anyone have any idea whether a MicroVAX 3300 will (or won't) run
> NetBSD/VAX? We received one today, and would like to know what runs on
> it. We would prefer not to have to run VMS.
>
> The machine's contents are:
> TK70 tape drive
> RF30 Harddrives (2)
> M7624 KA640 mainboard
> M7621 8Mb memory board
> M7559 TQK70 TK70 controller
I have such a beast myself. The CPU will run NetBSD, you can even load it
from the TK70, but:
- No support for your disks (DSSI on integrated controller on the CPU)
- No support for your ethernet (also integrated controller on the CPU)
> We haven't turned the machine on yet because we don't have a spare console
> cable for it yet. We might have to make one. Has anyone else done this? if
> so, what is the diagram for such a cable?
It depends on what connector you want to use at the terminal end. I
assume you can use a DB25 connector and then the diagram looks something
like this:
MMJ DB25
1
2---------------------------------3
3-------\
4--------\------------------------7
5---------------------------------2
6
Gunnar
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