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In article <1992Oct2.235828.2468@nntpd2.cxo.dec.com> alan@nabeth.enet.dec.com (Alan Rollow - Alan's Home for Wayward Tumbleweeds.) writes:
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>In article <BvIK52.K1J@rice.edu>, steverod@helma.cs.rice.edu (Steven Rodrigues) writes:
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>>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...
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>>Does anybody have any experience with this or some helpful suggestions?
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>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.  

We have a couple of 240s and a 120 set up with VT220 compatibles as
consoles. I agree with the comment about removing the graphics adaptors
(our systems were ordered without). The consoles are plugged into port
3, and we have null modem cables.

Hope this helps.

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