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Alternate console on VAXstation 4000?

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The Question is:

 
We have a VAXstation 4000 Model 90a with a dead
video controller.  Is there any way to get the
system to use a VT320 terminal connected to the
serial port instead?  I can't find the "S3"
switch which older VAXstations apparently had,
so I'm wondering if there is a boot monitor
command to do the switch?  Only the video is
dead, so it's still possible to type on the
console keyboard (to boot, for example).
 
 

The Answer is :

 
  The Wizard would tend to expect to see the S3 switch behind the door on
  the front of the VAXstation 4000 model 90 series system enclosure.
 
  Most VAXstation systems will generally require the presence of one or
  more (at least partially functioning) piece(s) of workstation-related
  hardware -- the specific hardware will vary by the specific VAXstation
  system, and may include the graphics controller, the workstation keyboard,
  or some other item -- or they will not identify themselves correctly as
  a VAXstation for purposes of licensing.
 
  If insufficient functional workstation hardware is present in this system
  for OpenVMS to identify it as a VAXstation 4000 model 90, you may not have
  access to a software license that will enable operation of the system.
 

  

     

     
answer written or last revised on ( 30-SEP-1998 )
     
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