[rescue] Vaxstation 4000VLC

[John Hudak]

Yep, you are on the right track.  Mouser sells 3W3 connectors as well.  It
has been quite a while since I dealt with a VLC but a couple of things
stick in my mind...the were slow as molasses (VLC = Very Low Cost), would
only run Ultrix, DECs version of UNIX, NetBSD  allegedly would run on these
machines but I've never tried it.
Have fun


On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM 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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