[Info-vax] OpenVMS Hobbyist licence - howto

[AdeV]

JF Mezei may or may not have intoned:
> 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.
> 
> Also, above the AUI ethernet port is a SCSI port. There shoudl be a
> terminator plugged in it.
> 

Unfortunately, this is a MicroVax - not a VAXStation...

The rear panel, from left to right (as you look at it from the rear):

3x DEC terminal connections
1x Sub-D 25-pin (printer, I assume)
Reset button
Mystery DIP switch
A set of diagnostic lights, awkwardly & partially exposed behind some 
case cutouts...
An AUI port
Selector switch
Coax ethernet
Power & power switch

On the upper level, above the Ethernet ports, there's a Centronix-style 
SCSI D-plug, with nothing connected to it. In fact, I've not seen any 
terminators anywhere.

Annoyingly, I don't think I have a DEC MMJ cable anywhere, and it would 
appear that the DB25 port can't be made to be the console on a MicroVax 
3100. So, now I've had to order a cable.... which should be here 
tomorrow, with luck.


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Cheers!
Ade.