P.D.Helliwell@e-eng.hull.ac.uk writes:

>I've just got two VS3100/M42 machines.  They both have monitors but no 

There is no M42 (other than the one I occasionally drive along!).



>mice so I'm trying to (eventually) netboot them to NetBSD/vax.  My first 
>step was to try and get the serial consoles working.  So I got an MMJ to 
>MMJ lead, a H8571-A adapter which is from what I have found out an 
>adapter from DEConnect to a VT* terminal.  I connected an origial VT100 
>to it and switched switch S1 (on the VS) down.  I get nothing, but from 
>the graphics console it will get to the monitor prompt no problem.  I 
>just wondered if anyone could shed any light on this.

Make sure that the connection is to the printer port and not the comms port if
you want to use the alternate console. And the switch needs to be up not down.

Antonio

Antonio Carlini                            Mail: carlini@marvin.enet.dec.com
DECnet-Plus for OpenVMS Engineering
Digital Equipment Corporation              Worton Grange, Reading, England