[geeks] Stop-A on VT525

[John Core]

Ctrl-]  works on certain versions of OBP



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On Wed, Jan 18, 2017 at 8:42 AM, Patrick Finnegan <pat at computer-refuge.org>
wrote:

> On Jan 18, 2017 04:01, <walter+rescue at belgers.com> wrote:
>
> > On 18 Jan 2017, at 00:24, Mark Benson <md.benson at gmail.com> wrote:
> > FYI on a VT F5 sends a break and will stop a Sun and drop it to the OBP.
> I
> > don't know what was stopping it working in the netboot loop. Maybe I hit
> > something else then that... User ID10T error. :D
>
> I have plenty of serial cables that shortcut the BREAK wire, so pressing
> break
> on the console will not send an actual break to the system. So check to see
> how your cable is wired.
>
>
> I don't understand how that could work, since Break is sent over the
> regular TxD line.
>
> Pat
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