[rescue] Vaxstation 4000VLC

[Ian Litchfield]

There are some floating around online.
However, you could try making one for VMS or BSD via simh?
You can setup a simulator as close to your hardware, install the OS onto a
raw image file, and then move that to a zuluscsi.

I was recommended to do that with my 4000/200 and my 11/23. Still haven’t
personally gotten around to it, maybe this weekend.

Highly recommended if you are using a zuluscsi with a VAX (or really any
system) get a Single Level Cell or SLC SD card. Any swapping or consecutive
writes to a MLC type card will destroy it. They are more money, but the
industrial SLC ones do last and are well worth it.


-Ian L.

On Thu, Feb 29, 2024 at 21:29 Michael Dombrowski via rescue <
rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:

> For about $15 I got supplies off Amazon and success (at least with a RJ12
> cable):
>
> KA48-A V1.3-343-V4.0
> 08-00-2B-2A-79-DD
> 24MB
>
>
> OK
>
>  83 BOOT SYS
>
> -ESA0
>
> The system is in great shape and includes what appears to be a very dead
> RZ23. I'm rather smitten with the tiny size. It doesn't look like I need to
> replace the DS1287 to get the system operational. Anyone know of disk
> images to use with a ZuluSCSI?
>
> mike
>
>
>
> On Tuesday, February 27, 2024 at 02:51:43 PM CST, Jan-Benedict Glaw via
> rescue <rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
>
> On Tue, 2024-02-27 19:43:34 +0000, Maciej W. Rozycki via rescue <
> rescue at sunhelp.org> wrote:
>
> > On Tue, 27 Feb 2024, Michael Dombrowski via rescue wrote:
> >
> > >  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...
> >
> >  FWIW MMJ plugs are still active parts and are readily available, e.g.
> > <https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/530-940-SP-3066> (for flat cable)
> or
> > <https://www.mouser.com/ProductDetail/530-940-SP-3066R-OST> (for
> round),
> > so you can make your own proper cable assemblies as long you get a hold
> of
> > an MMJ crimp tool, which also seem to be available (I got mine ~10 years
> > ago and I can see it's no longer being sold, so I can't recommend this
> > particular model).  I believe these plugs have found a new use nowadays,
> > though I can't remember offhand what it is.
>
>
> They were used neanwhile for DSL routers (TAE cable from wall to MMJ
> into the splitter in front of an external PPPoE modem.)
>
> I "recently" (1.5a ago) bought https://www.amazon.de/dp/B010T4YCI2, it
> does the job.
>
> MfG, JBG
>
>
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