22 May
2002
22 May
'02
5:01 a.m.
-----Original Message-----
From: Rod Young [mailto:rodyoung@shaw.ca]
I actually have a DEC printer adapter (MMJ->9pin)
which kind
of works in the
9pin port on the VS2000 (I think) as it does display some
text... but not
all from what I can tell. Appears to only report lines with
"?" marks...
which are warnings and "??" marks I assume are errors. I get
a ?? on the
It's odd that it works at all. :) Even stranger if you really
are only getting lines with ? in them ;)
Are you getting the "dead sergeant?" It looks like:
>>
Do you see the system counting down in hex? (From F to 1, I think)
device line "1" (ethernet) and thought I
read somewhere that
the thinwire
had to be terminated or forget it... and given the 9 pin
Forget what? That will prevent an auto-boot, but won't keep the
system from operating. It's not serious; just serious enough that
they wanted to wait for some console input before going ahead. Go
ahead and try booting it.
Yes, tried hooking up the AUI port too, but the
thickwire
cables I have
won't fit! The gender is fine, but both the cables and the
AUI port on the
VS have the locking posts. I seem to be hitting dead ends
That's odd :) They might be strange cables.
all over... but
will try to connect the thinwire to resolve the "??"
reported, and also make
a proper 9pin cable, then will see where that gets me.
If you're getting the prompt, the counting in hex, and the
CPU ID (something like KAXXX-XX, I think), you're doing
fine in the cable department. I suppose if not, maybe the
VAX prints its errors to all the ports on bootup. In that
case, it won't take input from that port, and you'll need
to get the right cable to tell it to boot. You still don't
absolutely have to get the network connected, though.
Chris
Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL
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