VaxStation Keyboard Insanity

From: Witchy <witchy_at_binarydinosaurs.co.uk>
Date: Thu Mar 11 17:27:27 2004

> -----Original Message-----
> From: cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org
> [mailto:cctalk-bounces_at_classiccmp.org] On Behalf Of
> jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com
> Sent: 11 March 2004 21:36
> To: cctalk_at_classiccmp.org
> Subject: VaxStation Keyboard Insanity
>
> Is there a special 'dance' that I have to do before the
> VaxStation responds to the keyboard?
> Are they really fragile, or something?

Don't you need to set the switch known as S3 to tell the VAXstation it's now
using an alternate console instead of a framebuffer? It should be on the
back next (I think) to the halt button. I can't remember which direction it
needs to be in, but you won't harm anything by changing it.

Cheers

w
Received on Thu Mar 11 2004 - 17:27:27 GMT