Greetings and Prognostications!

>der mouse said:
>>> This turns out to have been flaky memory on my part.
>> Ah, you undoubtedly need to add *PARITY*!  :>
>
>I'll have to get on my parents' case about getting neurons from
>corner-cutting suppliers....


"Just wiggle it a bit..."

>>>> As an aside, is there any dmesg(8) sort of way of getting at the
>>>> prom monitor's signon banner?
>>> Not AFAIK.
>> Bummer.  I woul dreally like to stop depending on this damn monitor!
>> Too bulky to be lugging it in and out of storage each time I need to
>> talk to the rom monitor...
>
>Serial console...
>Serial console...
>Serial console...
>
>Just unplug the keyboard and hook your favorite ascii terminal or
>emulation thereof to serial port A, 9600 8n1.


Yes, though terminals aren't much *smaller*!  :>

I plan to use the serial port on X terminals (which are
already in the vicinity) but have to sort out the
"trap to rom monitor when powered off" issue better.

--don