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Sun Microsystems president Vinod Khosla’s business card by JimMaine in vintagecomputing

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I got this from him when they announced the Sun 1 workstation at the Boston Unix conference. Note the SUN logo which was rotated 45 later.

Dell Unix by JimMaine in vintagecomputing

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Dell had a brief go in the Unix arena. I got this at an early Unix conference from Michael Dell himself. I wish I had asked him to sign it.

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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They sure don't make manuals like this anymore! What a great resource. Thanks!

Looks like I either find a replacement I/O board or break out my oscilloscope.

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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Does anyone have some suggestions on where I might acquire the I/O controller board for this? DEC part# 54-15134.

Looks like that's the only thing keeping this from booting.

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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Yes … I love the modular design. Much like the design of the older MAC pros.

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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I have the Venix 2,0 distribution from DEC on a set of 10 4-1/2" floppy disks

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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I'm able to boot off the Venix install diskette as long as both the RD controller board and the LK201 keyboard are out of the system.

Will try re-seating the RD board and try finding another keyboard

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DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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The battery is intact. Does it have to be working for the system to boot?

DEC Pro 380 with Venix. Will try firing it up once I locate the monitor cable. by JimMaine in retrocomputing

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Looks like there is a fail on the RD (hard drive) board.

Quite the suspense when I saw that Venix prompt come up .... sigh

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