VaxStation Keyboard Insanity

From: jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com <(jeff.kaneko_at_juno.com)>
Date: Thu Mar 11 18:19:27 2004

Yes, S3 is in the DOWN position, to use the framebuffer.
The VaxStation completely ignores the LK201 that
I've plugged into it. All four lites on the LK stay ON.

On Thu, 11 Mar 2004 23:27:27 -0000 "Witchy"
<witchy_at_binarydinosaurs.co.uk> writes:
> > -----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
>
>
>

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