Jim Willing 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)
> 
(etc., etc., etc.,   snip)

Thanks to all who forwarded info on formatting with this critter.  Now a 
new (well, different) question...

Having still not found a matching plug for the infamous Dec 'hockey 
puck' mouse, I decided to see if I could run the VS2000 from the VT330 
that I have been using on my MicroVAX II/GPX.  (real Dec console cable 
and everything!)

So...  I plug the cable in to the printer port (?) connection on the 
VS2000 (9 pin D connector) and light it up, and get...   garbage!  One 
or two nonsense characters.

I've tried just about every setting on the VT330 that I can think of, 
and can't nail this one down.  So... (finally) to the questions:

a) can the VAXstation 2000 be run "headless"?

b) is this the proper port for this (tried the comm <25 pin D conn.> 
first and got no response at all.

c) what is the default comm rate (bps, parity, etc...)

d) anyone got a real cable (monitor/keyboard/mouse) out there that they 
could be parted from?

e) eek!   B^}

Thanks!
-jim

-- 

jimw@agora.rdrop.com
The Computer Garage - http://www.rdrop.com/users/jimw/jcgm.html