On May 18, you wrote:
> Ok, I finally tracked down a VAXstation 2000 (VS410-EA) to use for a 
> hard drive formatter (and perhaps general tinkering), can someone 
> enlighten me on the proper incantation for formatting drives with this 
> critter?  (no docs, of course)

  Try "test 70" or maybe "test 71"...I don't remember which...but it's
something like that.

> And... does anyone know the pinout on the monitor/keyboard/mouse 
> connector (db-15) so I can see what I am doing?!?  I don't support I 
> could be so fortunate that it would match the connector on my VAXStation 
> II/GPX, eh?

  Yup, it should be the same.  At least...I have taken a mono video
cable from a '2000 and used it on a GPX driving a mono tube in
greyscale mode...works fine...they pretty much standardized the
video/keyboard connectors..


                            Regards,
                            -Dave McGuire
                             Systems Engineer
                             Digital Express Group, Incorporated
                             mcguire@digex.net