Subject: Re: DECstation 5000/200 serial console
To: Simon Burge <simonb@netbsd.org>
From: None <mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu>
List: port-pmax
Date: 07/21/1999 10:38:06
On Thu, 22 Jul 1999, Simon Burge wrote:
> mcmahill@mtl.mit.edu wrote:
>
> > If I remove the video card and keyboard from my DECstation 5000/200 and
> > connect a terminal to the connector marked "2" on the back, should the
> > console automatically switch to this serial port? I'm not booted yet,
> > just trying to get the prom prompt. I'm not getting anything and before I
> > waste too much time troubleshooting cables I wanted to make sure it
> > should work..
>
> I think it's the connector marked "3" - off the top of my head it's the
> one closet to the reset button. I'll double check when I get to work
> tomorrow.
right you are. I could have spent all day with the wrong connector.
Thanks!
-Dan