<div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">I have DEC 3000 Alpha that I have yet to get around to mainly because of the aforementioned missing video cable. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">If it’s not PS2, I’d wager the keyboard should be a standard DEC LK201 compatible from the terminals </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">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. </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">Sounds like it will be a fun project, Good Luck! </div><div dir="auto"><br></div><div dir="auto">-Ian L. </div><div><br><div class="gmail_quote"><div dir="ltr" class="gmail_attr">On Sun, Feb 25, 2024 at 15:29 Michael Dombrowski 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-width:1px;border-left-style:solid;padding-left:1ex;border-left-color:rgb(204,204,204)">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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