It was the terminal, I had it hooked to port 1 on the terminal and the   
terminal was set for Aux port 1.

A few seconds in setup did the trick.

John A. Maier
Kemper Military School and College
Director of MIS
Voice: 660-882-5623
Fax: 660-882-3778
Email: johnam@kemper.org
Web: www.kemper.org


> -----Original Message-----
> From: Richard van den Berg [mailto:R.vandenBerg@inter.NL.net]
> Sent: Tuesday, February 29, 2000 9:14 PM
> To: port-pmax@netbsd.org; John A. Maier
> Subject: Re: DECstation 5000/200 newbie question AFTE
>
>
>
> On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John A. Maier wrote:
>
> > I opened it up, the CPU board was slightly unseated, blew
> off the memory
> > chips (5 8Megs=40Megs)
> > and turned it on.  Attached to the port label 3, I attached
> a terminal.
> >  The cable was being used, activly, from a PC to a modem,
> so it's okay.
> >  The terminal was being used on my phone system, so it
> should be okay.  I
> > hooked up a diagnosics light block, and the light look okay.
> >
> > Serial comm was my job for 3 years, I'm fairly sure I have
> it hooked up
> > right.
> >
> > Nothing.  Since I don't have the jack for the 15pin
> keyboard and I need
> > to get a cable for the video, this serial port is all that
> is hooked up.
> >
> > I noticed the red diagnostics lights on the back, they go
> through there
> > dance and settle on
> > 0011 1011 (0=off 1=on) looking directly at the back of the
> box, any clue?
> >
> > The two green lights on the CPU board are on.
> >
> > I even went as far as reset the NVROM as outlined in the FAQ.
> >
> > am I missing something or am I screwed?
>
> Did you try it with Kermit with a .kermrc like
>
> set carrier-watch off
> set line /dev/ttyS1
> set speed 9600
> set modem hayes
> set prompt Kermit@\v(host)>
> set flow xon/xoff
>
> Regards,
> Richard
>
>