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Article #5068Re: Auto-booting a VS2000 without the keyboard.
From: Jim Milbery
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1988 14:18
Date: Fri, 04 Nov 1988 14:18
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In article <7696@boring.cwi.nl> Jack Jansen writes: >I would like to be able to auto-boot a VS2000 with keyboard >and screen disconnected.... > < stuff deleted > You need to set something special in the start up to get it to autoboot, Not sure what parameter that is but Dec support will know. Once you've got that set, then you need to tell the VS that there is a 'real' terminal out there. You need DEC part # BCC08-10 which plugs into the printer port on the system box. You don't actually have to have a terminal on the other end. The box senses the pins and assumes a live terminal. We do it here (hooking up a pc to the printer port and booting) good hunting (BCC08-10 is about $30 from decdirect) jim milbery @ Rt
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!attcan!uunet!unisoft!mtxinu!rtech!milbery From: milbery@rtech.rtech.com (Jim Milbery) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: Auto-booting a VS2000 without the keyboard. Summary: Think that you need a special cable. Message-ID: <2523@rtech.rtech.com> Date: 4 Nov 88 14:18:37 GMT References: <7696@boring.cwi.nl> Reply-To: milbery@rtech.UUCP (Jim Milbery) Organization: Relational Technology Inc, Alameda CA (I'm in burlington MA) Lines: 18