On 4/15/26 22:31, Mouse wrote:
Were [2100s] never intended to be used without mouse and keybaord even if they have no VSIMM installed? I can't think why selftest would fail without mouse/keyboard if serial console is supported.I ran several DECstation-2100 and -3100 system as DNS and Kerberos servers on ISP networks in the 1990s. They worked just fine as headless machines. They came up just fine on their own after power failures.Curious. Do you happen to recall whether you had anything connected to the keyboard and mouse connectors?
Man this was 1993, those neurons are all but gone. But I don't think we used the mouse terminator plugs for the mouse port. We definitely didn't have keyboards or mice connected. I do recall "setenv console 8". We always had good batteries in our machines. (this was a production environment in a company)
-Dave
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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA