From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 5-DEC-1990 01:35:16.87 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" CC: Subj: RE: VAXstation (*ugh*) 2000 question - working without a display Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.80) id AA00961; Wed, 5 Dec 90 01:22:13 EST Message-Id: <9012050622.AA00961@crdgw1.ge.com> Received: From PUCC.PRINCETON.EDU by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Tue, 4 DEC 90 16:24:11 PST Received: from WKUVX1.BITNET by pucc.PRINCETON.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with BSMTP id 6402; Tue, 04 Dec 90 19:19:21 EST Date: Mon, 3 Dec 90 13:27 CST From: GOATHUNTER%WKUVX1.BITNET@pucc.PRINCETON.EDU Subject: RE: VAXstation (*ugh*) 2000 question - working without a display To: INFO-VAX@SRI.COM X-Vms-To: IN%"INFO-VAX@SRI.COM" Someone, somewhere wrote: > From: IN%"INFO-VAX@SRI.COM" 3-DEC-1990 13:13:43.10 > To: 'Hunter Goatley' > CC: > Subj: VAXstation (*ugh*) 2000 question - working without a display > > I am trying to use a VAXstation 2000 without the RGB console display (OPA0:) > connected. I have a terminal connected (TTA2:) which I would like to > use as the console. The system does not want to boot without the RGB > monitor connected (maybe it is waiting at the >>> prompt?). > > Is there a way to tell the system not to look for OPA0: and go directly > into autostart mode? Actually, we would like to use TTA2: as the > console, and fool all the VMS software into sending ops stuff there. > This would be very handy for us since we are moving the system around > alot and don't want to be dragging the half-ton monitor with us. > > Thanks for any assistance. > > PS. Please reply directly to me -- INFO-VAX bathes this account, and I > can spot a direct letter much faster. Mercy buckets. As you can see, by the time I get the message, there is no return address other than the Bitnet INFO-VAX mailer. Therefore, I'm responding with a posting. To connect a "normal" terminal as OPA0: on a VAXstation 2000, you need a 9-pin female end for the VS2000 and RS-232 on the other. The pin configuration is as follows: 9-pin: 3 2 7 6 8&9 jumpered | | | | V V V V RS-232: 2 3 7 20 The magic info is the 6->20 and jumpering pins 8 & 9 on the 9-pin end. Hope this helps. Hunter Thanks to Tom Sawyer, Clyde Digital, for calling enough people at DEC to get a straight answer and not have to buy DEC's multi-dollar cable a while back.... =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Hunter Goatley, VAX Systems Programmer Bitnet: GOATHUNTER@WKUVX1 ACRS, Western Kentucky University Voice: 502-745-5251 =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-