[Info-vax] VAXStation 4000/60 - some questions

[Phillip Helbig---undress to reply]

In article <keds77$3u1$1 at dont-email.me>, Stephen Hoffman
<seaohveh at hoffmanlabs.invalid> writes: 

> > Can anyone tell me what parameters I should use for SET TERMINAL to
> > match whatever the VAXStation 4000 graphical console emulates? I can't
> > find much in the way of manuals for the graphical option boards, so I
> > don't know if they specify or not. I would bet that I can just tell it
> > to be a VT-100 and have no problems, but it'd be nice to know exactly
> > what it's supposed to be.

Not sure what you want to do.  Standard console is 8 bits, no parity, 1 
stop bit, 9600 baud (though I have seen other speeds).

> - DECterm.  The terminal emulator present in DECwindows.  Can emulate a VT100

And more.

> - S3 the switch that selects the behavior of the console.  Get this 
> right.  On VAXstation 4000, this was behind the drop-down door on the 
> front panel.  Off-hand I don't recall if "up" or "down" was the proper 
> position.  Check the owner's manual or the service manual.  Those are 
> available on the net, for at least some of the various VAXstation 4000 
> boxes.

Up for serial console.  You want the connector with the printer symbol 
ON THE VAXstation but NOT the connector with the printer symbol on the 
terminal.