DECstation 5000 Model 200 Installation Guide

This "DECstation 5000 Model 200 Hardware Installation Guide" provides comprehensive instructions for setting up the DECstation 5000 Model 200 workstation.

The document covers:

1. Component Identification & Preparation: It identifies various cables, cords, terminators, and connectors, and provides crucial cautions regarding system placement, voltage requirements, and understanding system unit slots.
2. Hardware Connections: Step-by-step guidance for physically connecting all components, including the monitor (color and grayscale), keyboard, mouse, power cords, optional communication devices, and Ethernet cables (ThinWire and ThickWire, including termination and loopback connectors).
3. Expansion Box Setup: Instructions for connecting expansion boxes, setting SCSI ID switches for various storage devices, and adhering to SCSI cabling length limits.
4. Initial Power-Up & Verification: Details on powering on the system and monitor, setting the keyboard language, running the system's power-up self-test, and verifying the workstation's configuration (memory, option modules, Ethernet addresses) using the cnfg command.
5. Software Installation Readiness: Preliminary steps for installing the "worksystem software" from a tape drive or optical compact disc drive, including how to determine the drive's SCSI ID and the specific boot commands required to initiate the installation process.