Saturday February 17 1996, psapp@terra.cnct.com writes to All:

 p>   SHOW HALT - ???

  shows the default recovery action.

1. Automatic Restart - System restrats automaticaly, ideal for the MicroVax
3100 multiuser system. User Action NONE.

2. Automatic Reboot - Operating system software automaticaly reboots after
every powerup. Idewal for Vaxserver 3100 systems. User Action NONE.

3. Automatic Halt - Consloe prompt ">>>" appears after every powerup. User
action "Enter BOOT".

 p>   SHOW KBD - Displays numeric code coresponding to language
 p>              set by SET KBD or TEST 54 commands
 p>   SHOW MOP - Displays master operating program info ???

Network Listener. 0 disables it, 1 enables it. Used inconjuction with TRIG.

 p>   SHOW TRIG - ???

If set to "1", this allows a remote system to request a local boot of the
system. If set to "0", this disables the remote request.

 p>   SHOW MEM - Displays system RAM size.
 p>   SHOW ESTAT - Displays ethernet status???
 p>   SHOW SCSIA - Displays first SCSI host ID
 p>   SHOW SCSIB - Displays second SCSI host ID
 p>   SHOW PSE - ???
 p>   SHOW VER - Displays ROM version info.

 p> TEST command

 p> Syntax:

 p>  TEST <n> [<m>]

 p>  n - number in decimal 00-99
 p>  M - UNKNOWN

 p> Function:

 p>  Performs peripheral tests
 p> 00 - System diags???
 p> 01 - ???

   Ethernet network interconnect

 p> 02 - ???

   Reserved

 p> 03 - ???

   DSH32-B Comms module Synchronous lines

 p> 04 - ???

   DSH32-B Comms module asynchronous lines

 p> 05 - ???

   interupt controler & ethernet ID Rom

 p> 06 - ???

   SCSI-B bus devices

 p> 07 - ???

   SCSI_A Bus devices

 p> 08 - ???

   Interval Timer

 p> 09 - ???

   Floating point unit

A    Memory management unit

B    System memory

C    Serial line controler

D    NV Ram

E    system Clock

F    Reserved

 p> 50 - SCSI HDD subsystem
 p> 51 - SCSI FDD subsystem
 p> 54 - Set default language
 p> 61 - Reserved
 p> 62 - Reserved
 p> 75 - SCSI HDD format & surface test
 p> 76 - SCSI FDD format & surface test
 p> 80 - Video grid-circle-dots
 p> 81 - E's
 p> 82 - White full raster
 p> 83 - Blue-red-green=white vertical bars
 p> 84 - Red full raster
 p> 85 - Green full raster
 p> 86 - Blue full raster
 p> 87 - Black-blue-red-magenta-green-cyan-yellow-white vertical bars
 p> 88 - Ascending staircase AKA 'gray-scale'
 p> 89 - Upwardly scrolling H's

 p> all other return '?23 ILL CMD'

Info extracted from the the "MicroVAX 3100 and VAXserver 3100 Owners manual"
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Peter Burnett              Internet: pdb@neverlnd.demon.co.uk    
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