A VAX 6610 is rolling toward my garage ...

From: Ethan Dicks <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
Date: Wed Jun 19 16:17:37 2002

--- Robert F Schaefer <rschaefe_at_gcfn.org> wrote:
> >> > ----- Original Message -----
> >> > From: "Ethan Dicks" <erd_6502_at_yahoo.com>
> >> > To: <cctalk_at_classiccmp.org>
> >> > Sent: Monday, June 17, 2002 12:50 PM
> >> > Subject: Re: A VAX 6610 is rolling toward my garage ...
>
> > ...I have a... defective RA81...been playing with
> > the internal serial diagnostic connector...
>
> I have a RA82 in the bottom of the TU81+, and a RA92 in the bottom of the
> VAX 6320.

Pah! So new!

> How cool is a console port on a harddrive? Would an 313373 hAx0r
> understand the rush of loggin in to your mass storage device?

No kidding. DEC FS had this hand-held terminal that was powered off
of a jack next to the DB-25. I've seen pictures but never seen one
in use. We always use to run a cable out to a real VT100. I have
also used a Palm Pilot with travel cable and VT100 app as a terminal
for monitoring this drive and for reconfiguring Cisco routers.

The only thing cooler than a serial port on a mass-storage device
is talking to it on a terminal that fits in your pocket!

-ethan


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