> Roger Merchberger wrote:
>
>The usual... I don't have any paper-based documentation whatsoever
-- all I
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/
Admittedly not as convenient as paper-based,
but pretty useful nonetheless.
Start, I guess, with the User's Manual:
http://www.openvms.compaq.com:8000/73final/6489/6489pro.html
>I've tried 'help' but there are a lot of things that *just* *won't*
*run*
>whatsoever, including [but not limited to] every text editor I've
tried,
>because I can't figure out how to get the terminal screen
configured...
>which (of course, with my luck) 'help' either 1) doesn't tell me,
or 2) has
>obfuscated it *so* badly that I won't have a chance in Hades of
ever
>finding it there...
What terminal do you have connected?
If it's one of the VT series, try:
$ SET TERMINAL/INQUIRE
and don't type anything until the $ prompt
comes back
>I used the VMS construct of DOS's 'copy con filename.txt' {I don't
remember
>what it is anymore -- it's been 6-9 months since I've even sparked
up my
>VAX} to try to do a few things on it, but it's so hard editing
anything
>that I took what little spare time I had towards other pursuits.
:-/
$ EDIT filename.txt
will fire up some variant of TPU with an EVE
personality but EDIT/EDT is still around (if you've
ever used a standard editor on RT11 or RSX, this
is pretty near identical.
emacs and vi[m] are available too.
>The system:
>VAXStation 3100/m38, 32Meg RAM, VMS Version 7.1 [the full monty -
even has
>the BASIC package in the distro - 11 disks worth!], (2) 1Gig hard
drives
>{RZ26s? I think - it's been a while}, 2Meg 8-plane grafix buffer
[this is
>the biotsch that won't config right for the terminal settings,
hence no
>text editors] 17" display, keyboard, mouse [of course] & I just got
off
>eBay 5 AUI->RJ45 transceivers [$22US shipped! Whoohoo!] so I won't
have to
>have thinnet strung all over my new ancient house - I can stick
with Cat5.
Did it come with the OS installed or did you do it?
You could just re-install to get DECwindows.
Without DECwindows you cannot do full-screen editing
on the monitor - it's just a dumb glass tty.
Your options appear to be:
1) flip S3 and hook up a VT to the printer port
and use it as an alternate console
2) log in over the network (telnet or SET HOST)
3) Install DECwindows
4) Use EDT in line mode or use TECO
(4) would be an education, but perhaps not ideal :-)
(3) is the way to go.
(2) you should do ... all VAXes have the right to be networked.
Antonio
Received on Sat Mar 23 2002 - 14:20:08 GMT