How do you bring up a MicroVax 2000?

From: Zane H. Healy <healyzh_at_aracnet.com>
Date: Thu Aug 28 18:31:00 2003

> Also, remember that on all the desktop VAXen I've run, the *printer*
> port is the console. Zane, Eric, is that absolute or no?

By other desktop VAXen let's just say VAXstation 3100's and 4000's :^) Some
people around here probably consider a VAX 4000 a desktop. Come to think of
it in the case of a couple so would I :^)

Eric and a couple others can answer this better than I can. I haven't
messed much with VAXen in years. I typically run Alpha's for VMS, but keep a
few VAXen around for special purposes, or apps. As I recall on most systems
there should be a console port AND a printer port which can be used to
connect another terminal. I'm possitive this is true for VS 3100/10's and
VS 4000/60's and 90's. I think the VS 4000/VLC might share the port like
you're talking about, but it's been a couple years at least since I've
touched mine. I can't remember what the back of a VS2000 looks like, don't
even remember where mine is buried :^) I only use it for formatting drives
anyway.

Having a 2nd port to log into recently came in useful when I needed to
retrieve some data from a VAXstation 4000/60. Errors were screaming accross
the console so fast I couldn't read the data, so I connected the terminal to
the other port and was able to get the data no problem.

                Zane
Received on Thu Aug 28 2003 - 18:31:00 BST