[rescue] Alphastation 300 Questions

[alex at lava-net.com]

On Sun, Aug 31, 2014 at 11:02:18AM -0500, William Barnett-Lewis wrote:
> So, since the SS5/Netra is on temporary hold I turned to the other toy my
> friend gave me yesterday, a DEC Alphastation 300 4/266. 1 ST12400N, 1
> ST31230N, floppy, CD, 1 gb ram. Unknown video.
> 
> I've plugged in both a VGA & my DEC VRC16 monitors, PS/2 keyboard & mouse
> and I get no video out on either monitor, only a "keyboard error" on the
> LEDs on the back of the computer. I've also tried a USB keyboard that is
> known good via a usb/ps2 adaptor with no joy as well.
> 
> Any other troubleshooting ideas?

Other than the usual making sure everything is properly seated, Try and 
see if you get a console on the first serial port.  IIRC they will 
default to it for console if there's no keyboard/monitor connected, but 
it's been a while.
> 
> Thanks!
> 
> William
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