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- From: dgray@menudo.uh.edu (Dennis Gray Jr.)
- Subject: Re: Please help with Vax Station
- In-Reply-To: terry@spcvxb.spc.edu's message of 7 Nov 92 12:20:10 GMT
- Message-ID: <DGRAY.92Nov8015655@menudo.uh.edu>
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- Organization: Academic Computer User Services
- References: <1992Nov7.061724.21578@menudo.uh.edu> <1992Nov7.072010.4344@spcvxb.spc.edu>
- Date: Sun, 8 Nov 1992 07:56:58 GMT
-
- In article <1992Nov7.072010.4344@spcvxb.spc.edu> terry@spcvxb.spc.edu (Terry Kennedy, Operations Mgr.) writes:
-
- > Can I hook up a PC to be a dumb terminal to this? I think the
- > other card is applicable here: Two dials, a switch, a 9 pin
- ...
- > and is labled "baud" -- each position is a baud rate. When
- > the machine is powered up the LED says "A".
-
- Yes. In order to make the serial port (the 9-pin connector, which BTW
- uses a DEC pinout and not the PC pinout) the primary console, you'll
- need to disable the video board. The easiest way is to just take it out
- (you'll probably need to rearrange cards to maintain bus continuity).
-
- I assume that if I can get a monitor I can use the serial port with a
- terminal without disabling the graphic subsystem?
-
- Also, does anyone have the "DEC" pinout scheme?
-
- I think the machine is sitting there waiting for you to respond to a
- question about national language which is displayed on the (missing)
- monitor.
-
- I hope so. At least I hope I can make it work one way or the other...
-
- Terry Kennedy Operations Manager, Academic Computing
- terry@spcvxa.bitnet St. Peter's College, Jersey City, NJ USA
- terry@spcvxa.spc.edu +1 201 915 9381
-
- Thanks very much for your help.
-
- -dennis
- ---
- Dennis Gray, Jr. DGray@uh.edu
- "You askin' to become a pile of zeros? I could put you away so good
- that Peter Norton couldn't find you with his arms unfolded."
- - Lincoln Spector
-