On Fri, 6 Feb 1998, Michael Sokolov wrote:

> There is BA42-A, used in VS3100 M30/38/76 and MV3100 M10/10e, and there is
> BA42-B, used in VS3100 M40/48 and MV3100 M20/20e. Which one is it?

Beats me. How can I tell?

> > It has a SCSI-like connector but with more pins on the M/B (or what I
> > assume is the M/B), but I'm not sure what it is. Other than that, it has
> > no SCSI-like connectors, so it might be SCSI-less.
> 
> What do you mean by "a SCSI-like connector but with more pins"?

A ribbon cable connector.

> The high-density 68-pin wrong-gender one?

Don't think so.

> This is what all VS3100 models and
> DS3100/2100 use for the external SCSI connector. What do you mean by "on the
> M/B"?

M/B = motherboard

> Is it in line with the Ethernet and serial port connectors, or is above
> the Ethernet connectors?

It's inside.

> In general, is the rear panel layout the same as in VS3100s and
> DS3100/2100, or is it different?

I don't own a VS3100 so I'm not sure, but they appear to be the same, but
w/o the SCSI connector

> Someone on this list has said that they have it in ROM. Is this really true?

No, that would be the VT1200 and VXT2000 I believe

> Or maybe this VAXELN/X thing is netbooted after all?

According to DEC, yes.

> > PS. It has 8 MB RAM and works with a serial console when the console
> > switch is flipped.
> 
> OK, so the console switch works the same way as on normal KA42s and KA43s.

Yep.

> There is a switch right between the BNC and AUI connectors. The current
> selection is indicated by lighting the LED right next to the connector
> selected.

OK, we'll try it.

Oscar