VAXstation 4000 Model 90 Owner's and System Installation Guide

This document is the Owner's and System Installation Guide for the VAXstation 4000 Model 90 Series.

It serves as a comprehensive manual for users to install, operate, and troubleshoot the hardware components of the VAXstation 4000 Model 90 system, including instructions on connecting it to an Ethernet network.

The guide covers:

1. System Overview: Features, capabilities (e.g., memory, storage, networking), and descriptions of all basic system components (front/back panels, ports, switches, indicators), along with available internal and external options.
2. Installation: Step-by-step instructions for setting up the standalone system, including connecting network components (T-connector, loopback), mouse, keyboard, monitor cables, and power cords, followed by initial power-on procedures and understanding successful start-up displays.
3. Network Connection: Details on verifying the Ethernet subsystem and connecting the system to both standard Ethernet and ThinWire Ethernet networks.
4. System Usage: How to turn the workstation on and off, start the system, review its configuration using console commands (e.g., SHOW CONFIG, HELP, SET, TEST), and configure console password security features.
5. Troubleshooting and Diagnostics: Guidance on interpreting system start-up error messages and diagnostic lights, performing various component tests (including a system exerciser), and rebooting after testing.
6. Problem Handling: Basic procedures for diagnosing and solving common issues, such as checking cable connections and troubleshooting problems related to the system unit, monitor, mouse, keyboard, network, and audio, and how to report issues to service representatives.
7. Appendices: Additional information on alternate start-up procedures (e.g., changing keyboard language, default boot devices), specific installation details and compliance information for the DSW21 Synchronous Communications Adapter in the United Kingdom, and detailed hardware specifications (dimensions, electrical, storage, operating conditions).