in fact how i can thank you for your quike and big help, of coures you are very kind and noble.
> Ok. I need a better description of what is
where. Correct me if I'm wrong ...
> You have a Windows PC with an Ethernet
interface? But you are not using its
Ethernet interface, because the only network
you have is a dial-up modem connection from
the PC to the Internet?
that is my case, becuase i dont need intrnet exept 10 min in week.
> The AlphaStation is close to the PC, and it
also has an Ethernet interface, but its
Ethernet interface is not connected to
anything?
yes
> So, right now, there's no network connection
of any kind to the Alpha, and only the modem
to the PC?
yes
> I'm not a real Windows user, so I don't know if Windows XP can use the modem and the
Ethernet connection at the same time.
(Perhaps XP Professional, but not XP Home?)
Worst case: Perhaps you can't get to the
Internet from the PC while you're using its
Ethernet interface to talk to the Alpha.
But I'd guess that XP Pro would have no real
trouble doing both. (I haven't used a
dial-up connection in many years, so I know
nothing, but I seem to recall something about
Internet Connection Sharing in Windows, so
I'd expect something to work somehow.)
> i dont need intrnet to any pc or alpha, i can dispense it, only i need to connect them to transefare image files from alpha to pc so that I print them and put them in CDs or any other media.
> If the PC can use both interfaces, then all
you should need to do to connect the Alpha to
the PC is to get a network hub or switch and
two cables. (And configure all the software.
Network Control Panel on Windows. See the
manual for Tru64.)
OK, but my real quastion is: can the old alpha recognizes this network hub or switch??
or need software installing to alpha to recognizes them?? becuase they are new not from its age.
I also read abuot ethernet crossover cable for direct connect, how ever, is the configuring software Network for Tru64 is the same for network hub or switch or ethernet crossover cable??
> The same connector is used for (old) 10BaseT and (new) 100BaseT (or (newer) 1000BaseT).
Almost any 100BaseT hardware can do 10 or
100. (Most things are labeled "10/100".)
Any Cat3 (or better) cable should be good
enough. (Cat5 is more common, now.) A cheap
10/100 network switch should be able to
auto-negotiate down to the 10Mb/s speed of
the old Alpha, and either 10 or 100 for
whatever is in the PC.
I prefer to dispense any mystery of 10BaseT if the network hub or switch will work.
> If your old Alpha is like my old Alpha, then you need to make sure that it is configured
to use the 10BaseT (twisted-pair) port, not
the 10Base2 (BNC, coax, Thinnet) port. At
the SRM console prompt (">>>"):
>>>show ewa*
If the mode is not twisted-pair, then:
>>>set ewa0_mode twisted (_Not_ "AUI".)
Then power-cycle, or ">>>init".
Ok i well try. but I think that the ethernet port itself is not enabled or its software is not installed, because someusr of unix test it in unix shell not in the SRM console prompt, and told me that, so is that is Possible.
if yes, I can recognize it from its old original software CDs, but the CD-ROM drive never to accept to mount, and I test to boot the sysetem original software CD, but it give me repaeted masseage " CD-ROM is not ready ", Is that problem resulting from the jumber?? and how I can solve it??
[...] alpah station 233/ 233 mhz [...]
> What's the actual model name/number?
sorry for this clerical error, its 255/ 233 mhz like in this pictures:
http://cgi.ebay.ca/DEC-Digital-AlphaStation-255-233-MHz-PB47H-AA_W0QQitemZ390137736579QQcmdZViewItemQQptZLH_DefaultDomain_0?hash=item5ad6056d83And Im very thanks for you.
