[Info-vax] personal workstation: configure to boot VMS

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <62694adb$0$703$14726298 at news.sunsite.dk>,
=?UTF-8?Q?Arne_Vajh=c3=b8j?= <arne at vajhoej.dk> writes: 

> >> 1. Replace battery
> >> 2. In the AlphaBios setup, press F2 to choose CMOS setup
> >> 3. Choose F6 for "advanced setup", this allows to select SRM console
> >> 4. Press F10 to save the changes and PowerOff/On
> > 
> > That's correct, and works fine from a graphics console.  IIRC there was
> > some trick to get the menu working in the serial console.  But maybe
> > MMINLWC (my memory is no longer working correctly).
> 
> I had a 433au but I do not remember ever doing this. For a different
> Alpha model I specifically recalled having to get a VGA monitor
> attached to do some stuff.
> 
> And it sort of makes sense. AlphaBIOS = Windows NT, SRM = VMS or Tru64.
> Windows NT does not support VT terminals.

Hmmm.  Pulled the video cable from an AS1200/DS5000, connected it to the
PWS, cycled the power, and got a message saying "analog input; cannot
display this video mode".  The 1200 has a similar if not identical
graphics card.  Of course, at some point I probably set the console to
SRM.  After that, it defaults to serial mode.  However, it then 
provides, on the VGA, a translation between AlphaBIOS and VT220.  F2--F6 
are ^B--^F, F7 is ^P, F8 is ^R, F9 is ^T, F10 is ^U, INSERT is ^V, 
DELETE is ^W, BACKSPACE is ^H, and ESC is ^[ (^ is CTRL).  That works.
So ^B ^F gets me to the proper menu, and I can move to the correct item 
with TAB.  BUT THERE SEEMS TO BE NO WAY TO SELECT IT!!!

It says "Press    or     to select the firmware console that will be 
presented the next time the system is power-cycled".  Obviously, in the 
wide spaces something is missing.  If I knew what is missing, I might be 
able to enter it.

Any ideas?

Any idea why the video monitor doesn't work?