Subject: Re: Keyboard input ignored by NetBSD
To: Chris Wareham <chris.wareham@iosystems.co.uk>
From: Lyle Bickley <lbickley@bickleywest.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 02/14/2002 08:01:47
Re: The scrolling issue:  You might want to check to insure you've got 
XON/XOFF set ON.  As I recollect, the VSs don't use hardware CTS/RTS.  Also, 
9600 BPS should be OK (usually default).

Cheers,
Lyle

On Thursday 14 February 2002 02:49, Chris Wareham wrote:
> I solved the problem by messing with the boot flags. The
> following allowed me to type at the login prompt:
>
> boot /1 <device>
>
> I had to manually boot netbsd, and accept the defaults
> at the prompts once the kernel was up. But now I can
> login to both the VS3100 and MV3100. The former appears
> to be either an m30 or m40, with 24Mb of RAM and the
> console/graphic mode selector *behind* the back panel.
> It came with two 110Mb hard disks, so I'll be on the
> lookout for a couple of 1Gb replacements.
>
> The only remaing issue I have is that the console
> output sometimes gets garbled while scrolling. For
> instance, if I do an 'ls -l' on a large number of
> files, then once it starts scrolling I get reversed
> question mark character and garbage. Is the serial
> output getting garbled because the baud rate's to
> high? This happens on both machines with a VT320 or
> a VT420.
>
> Apart from that, NetBSD/vax seems very rock solid.
> I'm amazed at how well it performs on what is
> quite old hardware, which I guess is a reflection
> of the quality of DEC kit, and the close ties between
> BSD Unix and the Vax.
>
> Chris

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