22 Mar
2002
22 Mar
'02
12:17 a.m.
I set up a DEC GIGI yesterday, but I'm not sure I did it right. I
connected the RGB connectors to the monitor and connected the "MONO"
connector to the "Video In" port on the monitor.
When I turn everything on, the GIGI's "Local", "Basic" and
"L1" lamps are
on and the screen paints from a solid light blue to a solid brick
red. Then the screen clears, leaving a block cursor flashing at the top
left corner of the screen and the "Online" lamp lit on the GIGI. But I get
no response on the keyboard.
Are there any GIGI owners out there with a tip as to what I'm doing
wrong? Does anyone have any scanned GIGI docs?
Thanks!
-- Tony
22 Mar
22 Mar
3:51 a.m.
In Online mode all characters typed go out to the
serial port and all characters displayed come in
from the serial port. If you get the online light to
turn
off, then you should see the characters you type.
If there is a button labelled "SetUp" then that should
be the way to changing the configuration, such as
going from "online" to this "local" mode.
John A.
5:30 a.m.
I'm good on local echo (though I'm not sure what the setup commands are)
For some reason I thought all the GIGI terminals had BASIC in ROM -- I was
probably mistaken. Does anyone know an offhand way to tell if a particular
unit has onboard BASIC?
-- Tony
At 09:51 AM 3/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
In Online mode all characters typed go out to the
serial port and all characters displayed come in
from the serial port. If you get the online light to turn
off, then you should see the characters you type.
If there is a button labelled "SetUp" then that should
be the way to changing the configuration, such as
going from "online" to this "local" mode.
John A.
7:17 a.m.
For some reason I thought all the GIGI terminals had
BASIC in ROM
I was probably mistaken.
They are certainly of value, hang on to it.
The last time I used one was 1985, all I know
for sure is that it had some form of _ReGIS_
(Remote Graphics Instruction Set) in it, which
can be as demanding (and more) CPU-wise
as BASIC.
John A.
24 Mar
24 Mar
4:59 a.m.
It does have BASIC after all. I fiddled with the setup settings and got it
to work. I'll have to do some playing with ReGIS as well.
-- Tony
At 01:17 PM 3/22/2002 -0500, you wrote:
For some
reason I thought all the GIGI terminals had BASIC in ROM
I was probably mistaken.
They are certainly of value, hang on to it.
The last time I used one was 1985, all I know
for sure is that it had some form of _ReGIS_
(Remote Graphics Instruction Set) in it, which
can be as demanding (and more) CPU-wise
as BASIC.
John A.
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