Subject: Re: VS4000 VLC headless?
To: Arno Griffioen <arno@usn.nl>
From: Michael Kukat <michael@camaronet.de>
List: port-vax
Date: 10/01/1999 09:39:14
Hi !

> > > Can this box be used headless with a serial console? If so: tell me
> > > how..
> > 
> > Look at the right side of the box, there is a little switch. Just flip this
> > over to the upper position, and connect your console to the printer port.
> > Parameters: 9600/8N1
> 
[...]
> Works like a charm. 24 Mbyte RAM. Netbooting works fine too. Probably is the
> smallest uVAX I have ever seen..

All VAXstations of the 4000 series are in those "pizza-boxes". Even the VAXen
of the 4000 series are sometimes in small desktop cases. (4000-105).

> What's the biggest SIMM size that this box can handle? Seenms like there's
> 8x 4Mbyte in it now, but 8x 32Mbyte would be nice :-)

As i know, you can put 4MB and 16MB modules in it. Standard PS/2-modules with
parity are used, but never had success with 16MB-modules, tried the two from
my SparcStation ELC in it. You have to put 'em in in pairs, started at the
2 sockets at the framebuffer, continuing forward. So max memory is 96 Megs in
this box. Except the problems i still have with the CPU primary cache, the box
is supported unofficially in NetBSD and should run with the current kernels or
1.4.1. Mine is running VMS 7.2 at the moment.

so long... Michael