Partial summary: Personal Decstation 25 reset button

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From: Steve Timm
Date: Thu, 02 Jul 1998 00:00

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Here's what I've found out so far about resetting a Personal Decstation 25.
Ctrl-alt-enter to halt, 
ctrl-alt-backspace to reset
Or hit ctrl-c during the self-test to get the >>> prompt
or hit ctrl-c during the boot to get to single-user mode.

What I've found so far is that when I hit ctrl-c during the 
self-test, or slightly after, I get not a 

>>> 

prompt, but a prompt that looks like this

R>

The only commands that seem to work here are 
"test" and "boot".  (cnfg, printenv) don't.  Could it be 
that my boot prom is password-protected?

ctrl-c during boot to get to single-user mode did work, so I may 
have enough, but it would be nice to know how to get access to 
the full >>> prompt.

Also, several people have said that OpenBSD and NetBSD both work 
well on these systems, and mentioned that a Linux port also exists.


Steve Timm

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