Still pineing for my own VMS machine

From: Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org>
Date: Wed Jun 5 15:01:07 2002

>
>>ISTR hearing mention a while back that the remote diag console on the
>>6K VAXen spoke a flavor of serial DECnet. Any experience with
>>something like that? It would be useful, or at least interesting, to
>>provide a remote console for them.
>
> The remote diag consoles spoke (I guess) plain
>serial between the console and the local DEC
> Remote Diagnostic Console box and some
> undocumented, secret (and now probably forgotten)
> protocol between the RDC and its partner unit
> at the support centre.

The link between the little modem-shaped box connected to the console port
and wherever it ended up at is what I was interested in. I thought it was
just a plain old modem, but someone said (either here or on NetBSD port-
vax) that it was a flavor of DECnet. It's not quite as interesting to me
now.

>
> As for running DDCMP over the console line, it's
> probably possible but usually not a good idea
> (the console line is usually deliberately pretty dumb,
> the principle being that it's harder to screw up that
> way).

Wouldn't try it anyway. I have enough trouble with dumb serial lines!

>
> Antonio
>

Bob
Received on Wed Jun 05 2002 - 15:01:07 BST