Johnny Billquist <bqt at softjar.se> writes:
On 2013-10-05 22:27, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/05/2013 11:45 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have two VaxStation 3100's that I bought some time back but didn't
have time to mess with until now.
Unlike my DEC 3000, the serial console is an MMJ port and not a DB9
serial port.
Does anyone have an excess or spare MMJ to DB9 adaptor, or know where
I can purchase an inexpensive one?
First of all, you are talking about a DE9, not a DB9 (surprising how
many don't know the correct name of that connector).
I educate whomever I can, but I have all but given up on the general
technical public understanding this.
It is rather surprising that this lack of understanding continues...
Second, DEC often used a different pinout for a DE9 than IBM did, so you
might not be too happy with the adapter, depending on what you want in
the end.
In this case, the DEC-machine-facing side is the MMJ. (at least that
is my understanding)
Mine too. But he was asking for a MMJ to DE9 adapter as well. And I was
pointing out that the (most) common adapter is not IBM PC compatible.
I don't believe that the most common MMJ adapters are NOT PeeCee compatible.
I have and I have come across manymnay more that are PeeCee compatible that
those that are not. The original 9-pin pinout was abandoned pretty early on
in the MMJ adapter history. See the OpenVMS FAQ for actual part number for
these adapters.
http://www.hoffmanlabs.org/vmsfaq/
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On 2013-10-05 22:27, Dave McGuire wrote:
On 10/05/2013 11:45 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have two VaxStation 3100's that I bought some time back but didn't
have time to mess with until now.
Unlike my DEC 3000, the serial console is an MMJ port and not a DB9
serial port.
Does anyone have an excess or spare MMJ to DB9 adaptor, or know where
I can purchase an inexpensive one?
First of all, you are talking about a DE9, not a DB9 (surprising how
many don't know the correct name of that connector).
I educate whomever I can, but I have all but given up on the general
technical public understanding this.
It is rather surprising that this lack of understanding continues...
Second, DEC often used a different pinout for a DE9 than IBM did, so you
might not be too happy with the adapter, depending on what you want in
the end.
In this case, the DEC-machine-facing side is the MMJ. (at least that
is my understanding)
Mine too. But he was asking for a MMJ to DE9 adapter as well. And I was pointing out that the (most) common adapter is not IBM PC compatible.
I tired hooking up my multisync monitor I have hooked up to my DEC
3000, but I don't think the graphic card is set to a setting within
the monitor's range, as nothing shows up.
Do the DEC 3000 have a VGA port?
It does not.
In that case, I would probably suspect the cable just as much as any possible frequency issues...
Johnny
On 2013-10-05 18:56, Sampsa Laine wrote:
A 340 is nice. The 330 is pretty much the same, except for being monochrome.
The problem with the 340 is that the power supply have a tendency of blowing up with age. (I have two broken ones...)
Can they be replaced with anything sensible, i.e. could a qualified electrician build a new one for not too much effort?
The power supply is not a separate unit, but sits on the same mainboard as everything else.
Johnny
Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> writes:
On 10/05/2013 11:45 AM, Johnny Billquist wrote:
I have two VaxStation 3100's that I bought some time back but didn't
have time to mess with until now.
Unlike my DEC 3000, the serial console is an MMJ port and not a DB9
serial port.
Does anyone have an excess or spare MMJ to DB9 adaptor, or know where
I can purchase an inexpensive one?
First of all, you are talking about a DE9, not a DB9 (surprising how
many don't know the correct name of that connector).
Fallout from DB-25 is likely to blame.
I educate whomever I can, but I have all but given up on the general
technical public understanding this.
Second, DEC often used a different pinout for a DE9 than IBM did, so you
might not be too happy with the adapter, depending on what you want in
the end.
THe early DEC 9-pin connectors were basically DB-25(pins 1 through 8) mapped
to DE-9(pins 1 through 8) and DB-25(pin 20) to DE-9(pin 9). Due to the more
ubiquitous IBM PeeCee pin pin configuration, DEC bagan producings DE-9s with
that pin configuration.
The 9-pin console connection on the back of a MicroVAX-II, for example, hused
the earlier configuration. The 9-pin console connection on the PCI bus Alpha
workstations, a later DEC product example, used the latter pin configuraiton.
In this case, the DEC-machine-facing side is the MMJ. (at least that
is my understanding)
I tired hooking up my multisync monitor I have hooked up to my DEC
3000, but I don't think the graphic card is set to a setting within
the monitor's range, as nothing shows up.
Do the DEC 3000 have a VGA port?
It does not.
And there were different graphics options too for the 3000s depending upon
the model. None, that I recall, were VGA.
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On 10/05/2013 05:53 PM, Mark Wickens wrote:
I have a vt330 with a blown fly back transformer. I can see that
there are new fly backs on eBay at the moment, it will cost me a bit
to get one, but I think I should have another go at fixing it (I
previously had bought a compatible one but clearly wasn't right).
Wow...if any compatible flyback transformers are available, I'd grab
them while you can. If there are multiple available, please let us know!
-Dave
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New Kensington, PA
I have a vt330 with a blown fly back transformer. I can see that there are new fly backs on eBay at the moment, it will cost me a bit to get one, but I think I should have another go at fixing it (I previously had bought a compatible one but clearly wasn't right).
They are nice terminals indeed, especially with the graphics support.
Mark
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On 5 Oct 2013, at 22:09, Dave McGuire <mcguire at neurotica.com> wrote:
On 10/05/2013 05:03 PM, Mark Benson wrote:
It would likely be easier to repair the existing power supplies. Are
schematics around?
That depends what components die and how directly replaceable they are.
True, of course. But it's usually electrolytic capacitors in older
switching power supplies. Not exclusively, of course, but usually.
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA
After considerable hacking (including a Raspi, serial cables and netcat) Cory has managed to get MOIRA, his VAXstation to connect over UUCP to UUHECNET.
We _HOPE_ that gating email will be simple, but still need to test it out..
Here's how it's set up:
http://uuhec.net/link.png
