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MicroVAX 3100 and 3100-80 

Introduction 

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We've got two Microvaxes, one 3100 and one 3100 model 80. 

Firmware 

Firmware versions: 

uVAX 3100: KA41-D  V1.0

uVAX 3100-80: KA47-A V1.4-38D-V4.2

Unjam bus adapters from potentially locked state (and possibly CPU and other hardware), 

>>> unjam

Initialize the cpu, 

>>> initialize

Look for available devices, 

>>> show dev

>>> show config

>>> show scsi

Define a default boot device (e.g. dka200), 

>>> set boot dka200

reset it to null, 

>>> set boot .

Boot OpenVMS with sysboot (single user mode equivalent), 

>>> boot/1 dka200

References 

Microvax-3100-console-hack asbesto.txt 

http://poetry.freaknet.org/index.php/Microvax-3100-console-hack_asbesto.txt