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Article #2695Re: Need help bring up alternate console on DS 5000
From: Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wa...
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 23:58
Date: Fri, 02 Oct 1992 23:58
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In article <BvIK52.K1J@rice.edu>, steverod@helma.cs.rice.edu (Steven Rodrigues) writes: > > >We've got a couple of brand-spanking-new DECstation 5000/240's , and >no monitor. So, we're trying to bring up a Wyse terminal as our system >console... > > [ Stuff about what they tried deleted. ] > >Does anybody have any experience with this or some helpful suggestions? > Take out the graphics adapter, and put it in a safe place. Without that the system will probably think it is a DECsystem instead of DECstation and use one of the tty ports as the console. I have a DECstation converted to DECsystem setup this way. If the arrangement of the back of the Model 240 is anything like that of the Model 200, prefer the tty connector closest to the middle (not #2). >Thanks very much, >Steve Rodrigues >& others > > -- Alan Rollow alan@nabeth.cxo.dec.com
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!sparky!uunet!ferkel.ucsb.edu!taco!lll-winken!sun-barr!decwrl!deccrl!news.crl.dec.com!pa.dec.com!engage.pko.dec.com!nntpd.lkg.dec.com!nntpd2.cxo.dec.com!nabeth!alan From: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Need help bring up alternate console on DS 5000 Message-ID: <1992Oct2.235828.2468@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> Date: 2 Oct 92 23:58:28 GMT References: <BvIK52.K1J@rice.edu> Sender: alan@nabeth (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Reply-To: alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) Organization: Digital Equipment Corporation Lines: 28