10 Jan
2003
10 Jan
'03
1:03 p.m.
I've finally got around to testing my DEC GiGi, and it appears to work!
Now, it seems to start up in 'terminal' mode - does anyone know how to
make it start up in 'basic' mode? I'm guessing it might have something to
do with the dip switches on the back of it. Does anyone have a listing of
the meaning for the switch settings? I've searched google, and haven't
found anything that looks useful.
Thanks for any help.
Pat
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Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
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2:36 a.m.
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, John Allain wrote:
I've looked through that, and it's not quite verbose enough to help me
make changes. Some things like "RS6 9600" I can figure out sets the
recieving rate to 9600bps, but things like "YK0 Off" and "YK1 On" or
"QD0
Ena" "QD0 Dis" aren't so obvious (I'm making those up as examples,
I
don't have the Gigi connected at the moment to determine 'real' examples).
I went through all of the 'setup' possibilities, and haven't yet seen
anything that looks like it applies.
Pat
--
Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu
does anyone
know how to make it start up in 'basic' mode?
What aouut the Setup screen? 
7:35 a.m.
Patrick Finnegan wrote:
On Sat, 11 Jan 2003, John Allain wrote:
I've looked through that, and it's not quite verbose enough to help me
make changes. Some things like "RS6 9600" I can figure out sets the
recieving rate to 9600bps, but things like "YK0 Off" and "YK1 On" or
"QD0
Ena" "QD0 Dis" aren't so obvious (I'm making those up as examples,
I
don't have the Gigi connected at the moment to determine 'real' examples).
I went through all of the 'setup' possibilities, and haven't yet seen
anything that looks like it applies.
Downloaded a manual for the GIGI some time ago (sorry, can't remember
where from) while looking for REGIS programming info, and it says that
the SETUP menu has the following:
LL is for line/local. LL1 is on-line, LL0 is local.
BA is for basic. BA0 is basic mode off. BA1 is basic mode on.
Actually, there are three manuals, taking up about 70MB space.
Far too big to email. File names are as follows
AA-K335A-TK GIGI BASIC Manual.tif
EK-VK100-IN-002 GIGI Terminal Installation And Owner's Manual.tif
EK-VK100-TM-001 VK100 Technical Manual.tif
search the web, and you should be able to find them (hopefully).
does
anyone know how to make it start up in 'basic' mode?
What aouut the Setup screen?
7:22 a.m.
What aouut the Setup screen? I see from my proto
archive
(all I have of a GiGi) that it has one. More common mode
changes are typically made there.
Yes, it does have a setup mode... I don't have my manuals
immediately available (they're all in storage), but if
you go into setup mode and select 'BA', that allows you to
set the BASIC mode. Try digits like 0 and 1 to disable
and enable it. You might also need to set 'LL' (local)
mode.
Megan Gentry
Former RT-11 Developer
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