[TUHS] Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[TUHS] Help needed with some old VAX Machines

[Maciej Jan Broniarz]

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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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[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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[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