DECstation 2100/3100 Hardware Installation Guide

This document is the DECstation 2100/3100 Hardware Installation Guide, providing comprehensive, step-by-step instructions for setting up these workstations.

The guide covers:

1. Getting Started: Essential site requirements (temperature, humidity, cleanliness, power, supplies) and unpacking/checking the equipment.
2. Basic Hardware Installation: Detailed steps for setting up the system unit, connecting the keyboard, mouse, video cable (to both system and monitor), necessary Ethernet loopback connectors and terminators (for ThickWire and ThinWire networks), and the SCSI terminator, along with power connections.
3. Starting and Testing the Workstation: How to power on the monitor and system unit, interpret power-up self-test results (including troubleshooting failed subtests), and find the Ethernet station address for network connection.
4. Installing Optional Peripheral Devices: Instructions for adding external storage devices (hard disks, tape drives, optical disc drives), printers, and communication devices, including setting SCSI ID switches and connecting expansion boxes.
5. Completing the Hardware Installation: Preparing for and initiating the installation of worksystem software (operating system) via tape drive or Ethernet, directing users to relevant software installation guides for detailed procedures.

The guide is structured to assist both novice and experienced installers, offering a condensed summary of installation steps specifically for the latter in a dedicated section.