On Tue, 10 Jun 2014, Brian Schenkenberger, VAXman- wrote: I'd do the same...except the cable doesn't provide an internal SCSI port...does it? I don't have any cables spare that would work I don't think. You'd need the expansion plate, I believe, because it provided the interface to the external disk and the rudimentary SCSI for the TK50Z. Ahh. Now...I'm confused as hell here. I have SYS$STARTUP:DECW$STARTUP running...and I have a mouse cursor on the VR290...but I'm not getting a DECwindows LOGINOUT prompt. Is it memory related? Guess I'll go back to trying EWS. ;) -- Cory Smelosky http://gewt.net Personal stuff http://gimme-sympathy.org Projects