reviving a HP 9000/310

From: Rumi Szabolcs <rumi_ml_at_rtfm.hu>
Date: Wed Aug 28 04:36:00 2002

On 2002.08.28 at 09:16 jarkko.teppo_at_er-grp.com wrote:

>Did you try Ctrl-\ and ctrl-break as well ? My recollections of breaking
>into those things might be a bit skewed but it always ended up with several
>reboots and some serious pounding on the keyboard, just before it starts
>complaining about bcheckrc. Yes, that's scientific.
>
>I'd love to get the tapes for a 310. I've got one running basic and
>I've got distribution tapes from 4.x to 5.x for 9000/500 and from 7.x
>to 9.x for 9000/300 (no support for 310, I think).
>
>Anyway, try pounding the keyboard heavily. Think of it as your enemy.
>Have no mercy.

well, I am at the serial console which does not generate the signal
on Ctrl-\ but echoes the \... using that instead of a local console
may make a big difference in this case, but I am trying, trying... ;)

Regards,

Szabolcs Rumi

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