Changing logicals on VMS?

At 08:48 PM 10/2/00 -0700, Zane wrote: You bet, this "traffic" on the NI backbone doesn't interfere with each other. So if one system is swapping on a cluster disk and another is just doing telnet type access then they both "see" a full 10MBits of bandwidth. The only time you get collisions is when two systems try to access the same third party and the switch can often interleave those packets such that there are way fewer collisions. Well its "easy" to do in a powered box. A few of the CMOS switches, a few connectors, and you're done. I even figured I could switch it remotely by using the DTR line coming up to "toggle" the next system. Thus running something like HyperTerm and doing disconnect/reconnect type operations would cycle through each console. My issue is that I'm trying to do it all passively and that leads to some questions about tying lines together before you break contact. (and mechanical switches are so much harder to control). My "worst" idea is to use a "wall wart" type supply to bring power to the switch box, second worst is to run a couple of lines off the supply in the top VLC. I suspect its too much current to uses the "phantom power" trick on the RS232 port. --Chuck (Of course if I want to be anal I can run all the consoles into the harmonica box off a CXYA16 in the 4000/200 and use that machine as a console server)