did you do the ground lines and the dtr/dsr lines? 
at the least you need 2345, 3 and 4 are tx- and rx- 

isildur

On 21 Jan 2001, Erno Palonheimo wrote:

> Michael Kukat <port-vax@vaxpower.de> writes:
> 
> > Hi !
> > 
> > On Sun, 21 Jan 2001, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> > > ok, i am attempting to boot my VXT2000+  got the software, have it sitting on
> > > the tftp/nfs machine.  got dhcp setup to point the vxt2000+ to the right place.
> > 
> > When booting via MOP, you just name the "vxt" file "VXT.SYS", boot with
> > B /100 ESA0
> > on the VXT and enter "VXT" as bootfile
> > 
> > TFTP: no clue, didn't use it for several years i think.
> 
> TFTP is broken on some versions of VXT2000+.  But, I just got two new
> MicroVAX 3400 machines - unfortunately I can't get them to speak to
> the console.  I'm using a home-brew cable which has DEC MMJ connectors
> on both ends - the pin-out is the usual (1->6, 2->5 etc).  The thing
> seems to start up just fine, but nothing is printed to console.  What
> should I try next?
> 
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