RGERBER@NYBVX1.BITNET (Robert M. Gerber) (03/18/87)
In answer to the questions posed by SBAILEY about the VAX 8700 console system:
(I could not send directly to SBAILEY...I got an unknow host from WISCVM)
1) The PRO (a 380) runs P/OS...in other words it runs standard PRO
software. The console program is a PRO application.
2) When the console dies...it dies and you have to call DEC F/S.
From what I know the PRO is reliable. The cable into the system
is a 50(?) pin cable.
3) Software for the console is Field Service (as always) It comes on
around 17-19 RX50 floppies. The PRO comes with the software already
loaded, so at least initially an hour+ is saved.
4) Other suggestions:
a) Get a printer-- an LA75 + appropriate cable.
b) (Comment) The console system is the same for the
8500/8530/8550/8700/8800.
This information is from my experiences with an 8500 delivered last
week. The console manual is the same for all of the abve mentioned systems.
I hope this has helped.
Just for the record the 82xx/83xx systems use a microcoded console
similar to the 11/750.
------- Robert Gerber These opinions are not those of my employer or
Comtex Systems the client I am at. However they may no be
mine either!
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