ok, i've made the cable, but i can't get it to work.  I have made a mouse 
terminator and removed the huge frame buffer SIMM, but no luck.  What would I 
need to do to connect with a tty emulator like Minicom?

Thanks!

Quoting "Aaron J. Grier" <agrier@poofygoof.com>:

> On Sat, May 20, 2000 at 04:02:09PM -0500, Josh Davidson wrote:
> > Has anyone here had any luck making a DECstation 3100 to db-25 or db-9
> > serial port for console?
> 
> yes.  I run all my decstations (save a 5000/200) headless.
> 
> > If so how?
> 
> chop the tab off an RJ11 and wire it to the port of your choice.
> pinouts are at http://csgrad.cs.vt.edu/~tjohnson/pinouts/.
> 
> If you don't feel like making one yourself, Tim Shoppa sells adapters
> for a reasonable price at http://www.trailing-edge.com/www/mmj.html.
> (the same MMJ pinouts are used on some alphas and VAXen as well as
> decstations.)
> 
> > Also, what do the status lights mean on the back of the machine.
> 
> 0111 1111 : system module
> 1011 1111 : disk
> 1101 1111 : keyboard
> 1110 1111 : memory
> 1111 0111 : mouse
> 1111 1111 : ? "contact your digital service representative"
> 
> -- 
>   Aaron J. Grier | "Not your ordinary poofy goof." | agrier@poofygoof.com
> 



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