[rescue] Vaxstation 4000VLC

[Ian Litchfield]

I also do not have the 3w3 cable, haven’t been able to find one, but they
do still seem the bulkheads. Albeit for ~20 for one connector. I can’t
bring myself to buy one just yet.

I have DEC 3000 Alpha that I have yet to get around to mainly because of
the aforementioned missing video cable.

If it’s not PS2, I’d wager the keyboard should be a standard DEC LK201
compatible from the terminals

I made an MMJ to DE-9 in a pinch by cutting the clip off of an RJ11 head
and crimping that on. The TX- and RX- go to ground pin 5 on the DE-9 side.

Sounds like it will be a fun project, Good Luck!

-Ian L.

On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 15:29 Michael Dombrowski via rescue <
rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> Hi all,
> I've owned many interesting Unix workstations over the years, but never a
> Vax... until now. I ended up snagging a Vaxstation 4000 VLC on eBay and it
> is en route. I've been doing some background reading and wanted to query
> the experts here.
> My initial goal is to get a serial console going and my understanding is
> that I will need to get a MMJ to DB9/25 adapter along with MMJ cable. The
> machine has a DB25 port, but this can't be used for console.
> I'd also eventually love to get a video console going.  The 3W3 to
> anything adapters seem quite rare nowadays, but it looks like digikey sells
> 3W3 connectors so an adapter to VGA can be made without too much trouble.
> Mouse and keyboard seem to be the bottleneck. There is a project out there
> to adapt a PS2 mouse, I haven't found one yet for keyboards.
>
> RAM seems standard and I have a SCSI2SD. I also have an AUI transceiver on
> the way
>
> Thanks
> Mike
>
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