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

[Phillip Helbig undress to reply]

In article <t4bk07$3k5$1 at gioia.aioe.org>,
helbig at asclothestro.multivax.de (Phillip Helbig (undress to reply))
writes: 

> 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.

Seems strange that they would actually support the console on a serial 
terminal but provide no method of actually selecting an item or changing 
anything.

There must be a way.

Still wondering why the video monitor doesn't work.