Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 self-test failure
To: None <port-pmax@netbsd.org>
From: Aaron J. Grier <agrier@poofygoof.com>
List: port-pmax
Date: 09/24/2004 16:33:28
On Fri, Sep 24, 2004 at 07:05:08PM -0400, Robert Mohr wrote:
> I have a 3100 that is fully functional with the exception of the
> internal SCSI harness. A few of the wires in the harness have
> separated from the connector and it is next to impossible to determine
> where they came from, or how I might reconnect them. I've had no luck
> locating a replacement internal SCSI harness, so the machine is
> basically useless to me now.
from what I recall, the internal SCSI bus was a standard 50 pin, so you
could replace it with your run-of-the-mill SCSI ribbon cable. I forget
whether or not the bus was terminated on the motherboard end. the 68pin
honda connector on the back was always a pain anyway. (:
> It is fully configured with RAM (although I don't recall the size of
> the chips that are in it).
24MB is as much memory as the 2100/3100 goes.
> (P.S. I also have a VR-299 color monitor and cable that was used with
> the built-in frame-buffer on the 3100. The thing is very bulky and
> heavy and would probably cost more than it is worth to ship, however
> you are welcome to it.)
you could/should offer the video memory stick with this; almost all
2100/3100s I've ever had were black and white.
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