If you set the halt to 1 from the chevron, then it will automatically 
boot, console or no console. of course, this means you have to have a 
console attached at some point, to set the value :) 
Isildur

On Thu, 15 Nov 2001, Christoph Plattner wrote:

> I only know from the vxt2000, that there is a jumper inside to close
> for serial console operation. In that machine, only 4 jumpers are
> inside,
> so I did it with "trial and error".
> 
> The 4000 I do not know.
> 
> 
> With friendly regards
> Christoph P.
> 
> 
> David Moor wrote:
> > 
> > Hi
> > 
> > My VLC requires a serial console connected to boot, the other night I booted
> > it up and it took me 10 minutes to realise I couldn't ping it coz the serial
> > link wasn't connected and it therefore hadn't booted <doh>.
> > 
> > I remember reading a post saying you could fake the presence of a serial
> > terminal by crossing a couple of pins in the MMJ connector.  Does anyone
> > have any information, on this?  Has anyone tried building a dummy terminal
> > with a Basic Stamp or PIC micro controller?
> > 
> > TIA
> > 
> > Dave
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