[TUHS] Re: Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[TUHS] Re: Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[Noel Chiappa]

    > From: Maciej Jan Broniarz

    > Our local Hackroom acquired some VAX Station machines.

Exactly what sort of VAXstations? There are several different kinds; one:

  http://gunkies.org/wiki/VAXstation_100

doesn't even include a VAX; it's just a branding deal from DEC Marketing.
Start with finding out exactly which kind(s) of VAXstation you have.

      Noel

[TUHS] Re: Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[Phil Budne]

For documentation I'd also suggest bitsavers
(which archive.org sometimes copies and disorganizes):

http://www.bitsavers.org/pdf/dec/vax/

For people who fiddle with actual hardware,
The ClassicCmp Mailing list and archive:

https://classiccmp.org/lists.html

[TUHS] Re: Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[Clem Cole]

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Bitsavers in your friends:  https://archive.org/details/dec-manuals

A small suggestion .. you might go to the Open SIMH
<https://streaklinks.com/BZ27wznPz3XXgX6LPQzswmxY/https%3A%2F%2Fopensimh.org>
website,
and you'll find several pointers to tutorials.  The VAXStation is one of
the systems that SIMH can emulate, so you might want to practice a bit on
virtual hardware, which will be less fragile and easier to start over if
you make an error.
ᐧ

On Wed, Feb 22, 2023 at 11:49 AM Maciej Jan Broniarz <mj@broniarz.net>
wrote:

> Hello Everyone,
>
> Our local Hackroom acquired some VAX Station machines. The problem is, we
> have absolutely no docs or knowledge how to run the machine or how to test
> if it is working properly. Any help would be appreciated
>
> All best,
>
> --
> Maciej Jan Broniarz
>

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