Keys wrote:
  Got a digital DECstation 5000/240 $6.95 plus tax no
keyboard, mouse or
 monitor with it. 
I got one of those a few weeks ago, for free.  I also have no mouse
or keyboard, but I do know the pinout of the special DEC cable for
them.  It's the same as the cable for the DEC 3000/600, which is
an Alpha machine (the 5000 is a MIPS box).
If you want to make up a cable, you'll need an LK201 keyboard (or an
LK401) and a VSXXX-AA mouse (or similar "round" mouse).
My machine runs NetBSD just fine.
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John Honniball
coredump(a)gifford.co.uk