On 13/07/2021 22:34, Douglas Taylor via cctalk wrote:
On 7/13/2021 3:30 PM, Adrian Graham via cctalk wrote:
Hi folks,
Powering up with nothing attached apart from an MMJ/H8571 cable I get
nothing on the console, I'm using PuTTY via a genuine COM1 port on a PC
which is one level above what I used last time I powered the machine up
(FTDI USB adapter to a laptop). Diagnostic LEDs cycle through the
tests and
end up at '1111 0011' which according to the manual is 'entering the
console program'.
There are 2 ways to have a console on the VAX4000/VLC. A switch on
the back selects either; (1) graphics console mode, or (2) terminal
attached to the serial port. It sounds like you have the switch set
to graphics console mode, in that case you get nothing from the serial
port.
I can't remember where the switch is on the back, bitsavers or someone
who remembers can help.
Doug
If you look from the front it's on the right hand side and marked "S3",
between the grey reset switch and the keyboard connector. I think that
S3 needs to be UP otherwise it would expect a monitor and keyboard to be
attached.
The MMJ connector is on the back (but obviously Adrian has found that
... or he's pushed really, really hard into either the keyboard
connector or the phone connector :-))
Antonio
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