<div dir="ltr"><div>My few comments: <br></div><div><br></div><div>1) The VLC was a shit ton of fun. <br></div><div>2) runs VMS just fine, if slow, with only 24mb ram. <br></div><div>3) Never let you get talked into getting rid of machines to satisfy a soon to be Ex. <br></div><div>4) I may still have a keyboard, mouse, video cable and dead tree manual for the VLC from the day. I will look on tomorrow morning when I get off work. If I do still have them, I'll contact the OP off list. <br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 5:18 PM John Hudak via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex"><div dir="ltr"><div>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.</div><div>Have fun</div><div><br></div></div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 3:29 PM Michael Dombrowski via rescue <<a href="mailto:rescue@sunhelp.org" target="_blank">rescue@sunhelp.org</a>> wrote:<br></div><blockquote class="gmail_quote" style="margin:0px 0px 0px 0.8ex;border-left:1px solid rgb(204,204,204);padding-left:1ex">Hi all,<br>
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.<br>
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.<br>
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. <br>
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.<br>
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RAM seems standard and I have a SCSI2SD. I also have an AUI transceiver on the way<br>
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Thanks<br>
Mike<br>
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