Subject: Re: HP/Apollo Question
To: Herb Peyerl <hpeyerl@beer.org>
From: Thomas A. McLeary <tmac@home.glasscity.net>
List: port-hp300
Date: 02/22/1996 07:22:24
At 12:47 PM 2/21/96, Herb Peyerl wrote:
>mike@fast.cs.utah.edu (Mike Hibler)  wrote:
> > > ... The 433's and 425's are supported except for the
> > > 433e and 425e due to missing display code.  This might be addressable
>soon.
> > >
> > Isn't there an issue with the Apollo keyboards on the 'e' machines?
>
>never having seen an 'e', I'm not sure whether they had an apollo keyboard
>connector or not... I don't remember Domain/OS specifically supporting
>the 'e' or not..
>
>The issue with the apollo keyboard is still an issue since we can't find
>the UART in I/O space that controls that connector on all 4xx's...
>
>I can't remember where we stood on it but didn't someone suggest that
>4xx's running HPUX had 3 uarts wired up to the serial connector on the
>back? I remember that under Domain/OS there was only 1 serial port
>available although I heard rumor that there were actually 2... If
>it's the case that there were 3 ports under hpux and 2 under Domain/OS,
>then I guess the answer is obvious... But looking on my 400s motherboard,
>I see only a single 16550AN... So, I'm confused...

The 400 I'm working with uses uses HIL devices.

Thanx!

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Tom McLeary
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