DECmate III and Rainbow 100+

[Geoff Reed]

you need a dec monitor and keyboard for them. or a composite monitor and a 
dec keyboard. (with a homebrew D15 to RJ-9 (i think) and RCA/composite 
video plug.

At 08:52 AM 2/22/2005, you wrote:

>I'm trying to get either of these systems running in the hopes that I can
>access what I believe to me a 5.25" disk with an RT-11 filesystem on it.
>
>Both systems have a video port and a COMM port.  I tried connecting a
>VT510 to the COMM port on each system but didn't get anything (at either
>9600 or 19,200 bps).  I can't find my VR201 to check if video is coming
>out either one.
>
>Both systems access drive 0 of the RX50 upon boot-up.  The Rainbow 100+
>has an internal hard drive but I don't hear it booting from the drive.
>
>Anyone have any experience with these guys?
>
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