[Info-vax] MicroVAX/VMS newbie, couple of questions

[John E. Malmberg]

Jordi Guillaumes i Pons wrote:

> For the OP: Does the 3900 have a SCSI interface (KZQSA or similar)?

He stated that it is a 3400, and has accurately described the on-board 
ethernet.

If it has a KZQSA, then it is a rare beast.  Even now the KZQSA may be 
worth more than the rest of the hardware combined.  And I think you need 
to be at a VAX 3500 to have a console that knows how to boot a KZQSA drive.

Even better if it has a third party Q-BUS SCSI controller.

> If it has you could try to get an old external SCSI driver in eBay and 
> you'll be able to do the VMS upgrade using the hobbyst VMS CD. I use an 
> ancient NEC 3x multispin (triple speed... wow!) for that. There are 
> usually lots of those in eBay.

I would look at setting up a VAX emulator and network booting if it does 
not have a bootable SCSI adapter.

-John
wb8tyw at qsl.network
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