[rescue] Rescued: Vaxstation 3100

[dave at cca.org]

wilby98 at yahoo.com writes:

>> Found out that there is a serial console/monitor-VT keyboard 
>> console selector when reading up on it at Vaxarchives, but I
>> had to drill a hole to get access to the dip switch from outside
>> the case.

>I don't understand why you would drill a hole in the case.
>Why not open the case and set the switches the way you want
>to and then close it. How often would you need to have access
>to that feature? I try to avoid altering the appearance as much
>as possible of any device I have.

Odd thing about that switch - if you're using a serial console
terminal, you usually want the switch down to boot, then up once
you're running. It's *really* annoying that it's not a nice big
proper switch (as on the microvax-II). I guess they were really
expecting the vaxstations to be primarily used as graphic workstations
(in which case you just leave the switch up).

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