Thanks to Erno, Geoff, P.G., & Michael for your info so far, much
appreciated.
Have progressed a little further, BUT ....
I now have (of course) more questions & comments :))

1. Michael
> BTW: If you are new to VAXen... don't confuse SCSI and DSSI on you 100, or
you
> could trash this fantastic machine... It's a quite nice beast in
performance!
OK, what is the difference between DSSI & SCSI connectors?
Would it be fair to assume that devices with 5pin power plugs are DSSI?
Or am I grabbing at straws there?
Fantastic? (I would agree ... but probably mostly from ignorance), what
makes this
box so good? I've not been able to find much documentation on it.
> Hm. i restarted the daemon now, but it should really work. Dur to my
firewall
> configuration you need active FTP i think. If you get any further
problems,
> i could send you the kernel per mail.
That would be great thanks Michael, my only net-connected machine (at the
moment)
is a W2K box, and all attempts to connect to
ftp://ftp.unixiron.homeip.net/NetBSD-vax-1.5
fail on the LIST command. (I've tried IE,command line & CuteFTP)
My nix boxes are currently NOT connected as I'm testing the reliability of a
few 121MB
drives for my smoothwall box (yes I'm too lazy/stupid to make a bsd
firewall:))

2. Geoff
> Careful, I have an Aunt in Tassie....;^)
Hehe, another two-head? :)  ... Hey, did you know that according to the
Vic's that
SA's are just Tasmanian's who've learnt to swim :))) hehe. jk
> > VAX 4000-100               $5
> Nice catch, good system. For BSD or VMS.
I have a choice now then? hehe. Is VMS worth the effort? Or should I just
stick with BSD?
ie. I don't want too many eggs (OS's) in my basket (VAX) :)) hehe
> > [[ ps. also an HP9000 for $2 ... 3xBNC + 1xSCSI ports ...
> Hmm, hoo yeah.  Nice.  HPUX hear you come.  (I think they run BSD too)
So what can I do with this? It has nothing in it apart from a RAM module & a
68030!
ps. I do have a Philips 20C monitor that I MIGHT be able to hook up to it...
but it's 5BNC not 3... and although it may sync on green I've never tried.
Worth selling for $30 you think? Or is it really that good? (ie. useable?:))
> > ps. an hour ago one of my (local) mates said he'd come across a drive
array
> > (rack mount) with bucket loads of drives in it (all 5pin:))))) hehe
> Sounds like a good idea.  Grab it if you can.
He (and his mate) are stalling a bit. I've offered $20/drive or $100 for the
whole thing.
He (his mate has the rack) only has one of the drives at present... so I've
(almost) got
at least one drive (he said a RF35...which is 825MB i think). I'll find out
tomorrow.
I'm told he has an offer of $500 for the whole thing...
I'll just hope & pray that it falls through :))

3. Erno
> The reason why you're seeing this SyQuest drive seven times has
> nothing to do with your eyesight, more likely it's because the drive
> and the controller have the same SCSI ID.  The solution is to rejumper
> the drive to something else
Dead right. Should have noticed earlier :). Have now set SyQuest to ID#2.
All OK.
Still no boot though :(   (what did I expect? hehe)
But at least I can see:
DKA100 CD
DKA200 SyQuest

4. P.G., Geoff (et all)
> >  I've managed to find a VAX 4000-100 at an auction for a few $
> If it is AUD, it is even better.... that system is real nice! Any hints if
there
> is more to come and where? :-)
Let me know what bits to look for and I'll keep them in mind each time I go
to an auction.
They're held weekly, and often have computers of various types & age.
PLUS (for the normal auctions...) there only seem to be about 6-10
regulars... so should
be easy to find bargains.
Between Government departments being relocated interstate, system upgrades &
installs,
there's often some weird stuff at these auctions, and I'd be happy to keep
an eye out for
special bits if anyone is looking for something special/different.

5. Every(any)one :)
ANY information about 4000-100 vaxen, DSSI, Q-BUS, etc... would be handy.
Including info on the external ports; ie. what they are and how I can use
them.

ps. do you guys prefer short messages? :))
(yes I'm new to mailing lists as well:)