Since I'll be running another headless computer (HP 9000/380), I brought home
my VT420. Nice terminal, but unfortunately this specimen will only talk, not
listen.
At first, I suspected my HP had lost its settings (the stupid boot PROM must
be set via the keyboard to use a serial console). I proceeded to bring my HIL
keyboard home and set it (without any screen) to use a "remote" console again,
and the machine seemed to acknowledge that, beeping happily. But no response
from the terminal. So I tested it with my DECstation. No response there
either. So I hooked it up to my Amiga. Typing at the keyboard, there was
output in NComm, but doing the opposite didn't work at all.
So we have only one-way communication. What could be the problem?
The cable works fine, I'm getting
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Received on Mon Oct 08 2001 - 19:14:02 BST