[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist licence - howto

[Richard B. Gilbert]

JF Mezei wrote:
> AdeV wrote:
> 
>> My 3100/30 is missing its back panel... I can see 3x DEC type ports, 1x 
>> 25-pin sub-D, and one mystery port; is there a specific "console" one, 
>> or just any of the 3 DEC types?
> 
> 
> From left to right:
> 
> Ethernet AUI port.
> Ethernet selector switch
> Ethernet thinwire port.
> Server-Worstation switch. (*)
> Keyboard plug
> Din connector (not sure what it was for)
> 15 pin Video display port.
> Serial port 1
> Serial port 2
> 
> The leftmost dip switch (not sure jhow many there are, only one is
> exposed). (*)
> 
> Status lights.
> Power plugs.
> Power switch.
> 
> 
> I am not sure anymore which of those 2 switches determine whether the
> console os graphical or serial.
> 
If it's a *MicroVAX* it does not have a graphical console!

Graphics would make it a *VAXStation* 3100.  Yes, there was such a thing 
in the late 1980s or early 1990s.  My employers at the time had one.
If any survive, they are either antiques or paper-weights depending on 
your POV.