Thanks for the suggestion. This is of course entirely for hobbyist purposes, I will look for alternatives here in the UK, but if that fails I will give it a go.
Regards Rob > -----Original Message----- > From: cctech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Sue > Skonetski > Sent: 19 November 2015 22:12 > To: General Discussion: On-Topic Posts > Subject: Re: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance > > Dear Rob, > > Just an idea Nemonix Engineering (previous employer) does maintenance and > support for PDP, VAX and Alpha. I know that they had new batteries. Not new > in the DEC packaging but newly mad they may be able to do some thing for > you. > > Contact Wayne Beeson and let him know I sent you. > > url is nemonix.com <http://nemonix.com/> phone is 508-393-7700 > > Coming from a DEC background it was amazing to see this hardware still in > active work. On of my favorites was discussions was around fans. When the > hardware was originally made they did not include sealed fans for general sale > so as the fan got old and slowed down it would gradually heat up the mother > board so folks thought it was a mother board issue, get it replaced and then a > few moths later the fan would break and people would have t replace. > Nemonix did both so it was not an issue just uncomfortable for the customer. > > If there is anything I can do to help please just let me know. > > Warm Regards, > Sue > > > > > On Nov 19, 2015, at 4:27 PM, Robert Jarratt <[email protected]> > wrote: > > > >> -----Original Message----- > >> From: cctech [mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of > >> william degnan > >> Sent: 19 November 2015 17:28 > >> To: cctech > >> Subject: VAX 4000-200 Maintenance > >> > >> Performed maintenance of my VAX 4000-200. > >> > >> Removed NiCad battery > > > > > > My to-do list has me doing the rounds of all my machines to check them all > for the batteries. I'd like to replace rather than remove though, but that > could > get expensive at about £10-12 pounds per machine for the cordless phone > battery packs sold by Maplin. Maybe there is a better alternative, I should go > and take a look. > > > > Regards > > > > Rob > > > >> Replaced hard drive > >> Made new image of system drive > >> > >> The how-to is all over the web, but I summarized a lot of the basic > >> support tasks associated with a networked VAX 4000 here for anyone > >> interested in a simple "for dummies" page > >> > >> http://vintagecomputer.net/browse_thread.cfm?id=608 > >> > >> The system is hosted here: > >> vax4000.vintagecomputer.net > >> > >> -- > >> Bill > > > > Sue Skonetski > > VP of Customer Advocacy > [email protected] > Office: +1 (978) 451-0116 > Mobile: +1 (603) 494-9886 > > > > > > > > Mit freundlichen Grüßen – Avec mes meilleures salutations >
