>   It's been said that the best thing to set console to is * instead of a
> number. That gaurentees that the PROM will grab any available console
> device regardless of its slot number. And it will also default to the
> serial console temporarily if no graphics console is available.

Setting TC slot number to 'console' variable does not force REX PROM
excutive, ULTRIX nor NetBSD/pmax to select video console for the
specific TC framebuffer.  Actually, REX does matter whether it is 's'
or not.

Tohru Nishimura
Nara Institute of Science and Technology