On Mon, 11 Jun 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:

> i finally got the 4000/400 running after putting the VCB-02 card set into the
> beast (this is the one that runs VMS) and i have some questions.  i'm getting
> a signal (noticed since it was acting all funny till i grounded the DB-15
> connector to the cage) but nothing else.  the keyboard doesn't work, and 
> nothing gets printed to the screen.  i've got all the drives offline, i just
> want to see the rom on this thing first.
> 
> a) do i need a mouse? or can i live without on as long as i avoid DECwinders.
> b) could the cardset be toast? i have two more sets i could try if so.
> c) is there something i need to do to get it to use the screen (i wouldn't
>    think so, it should see the VCB-02 at boot and use it as console right?)
> 
> i didn't get a chance to watch the serial console, i'll do that tonight when
> i get home and see if (hopefully) at least something prints there to tell me
> why my video doesn't work.
> 
> cheers,
> 
> -brian
> 

I have a spare VCB-02 from that 3500 you can try..  Also have a DECmouse
and KB (and a cable for that matter).  We'll get it running!

-Linc.
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