[rescue] Vaxstation 4000VLC

[Michael Dombrowski]

 Thanks all for the hints.I was last really into vintage (less vintage at the time!) computing gear in the early-mid 00s. Getting back into ~6mos ago, I am shocked at how much the older stuff has gone missing and up in value. Pre-Ultra Suns are rare and expensive, MIPS Decstations are much rarer still, old big iron has vanished as well. Gone are the days when I could buy a Maspar for $68. I used to buy SCSI cables in bulk for minimal cost and now they are $30/cable. MMJ equipment is the same. For now I ordered a RJ12 cable and DB9 connector to build my own...
mike

    On Monday, February 26, 2024 at 06:56:56 PM CST, Lionel Peterson via rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:  
 
 When I went searching for MMJ cables I came across Pacific Custom Cable Inc, they had a wide selection of MMJ adapters and custom cable builds.
Alas, I can't find their website - the URL was PacificCable.com, but I can't seem to hit the home page.
Their adapter prices were fair $3.50 - $6.00, based on the page I printed out, hope they're still around.
I found this info page, and they are on lots of gov't contractor/supplier lists:
Pacific Custom Cable Inc(253) 373-0800https://g.co/kgs/gkQb5gY
Good luck,
Ken

On Feb 25, 2024, at 14:29, 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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