MicroVAX 3100/90

From: Antonio Carlini <Antonio.Carlini_at_riverstonenet.com>
Date: Fri May 17 14:56:22 2002

>I just got one of these. It powers up, the lights on the back flicker
>nicely, and it appears to be outputting crap to the MMJ serial port
>labeled '3', but for the life of me I can't figure out what speed it's at.
>I've tried minicom at 300,1200,2400,4800.9600.19200,38400, and 57600 with
>no success. I've even tried 7-N-1 and 7-E-1 (7bits no/even parity and 1
>stopbit) along with 8-n-1, no luck.

There should be a little slide switch at the back. When it is
up it will use that port (3 - with the printer icon) at
whatever speed: usually 9600 8-N.

I've never tried via a minicom - do you have a
dumb terminal, preferably a VT200/300/400
and a known good set of connectors and cables?

Antonio
Received on Fri May 17 2002 - 14:56:22 BST