jkh@smegma.UUCP (Hose Head) (01/29/88)
I was thinking of buying a Vaxstation 2000, but the problem with the serial lines is starting to really give me hives. In short, the SILO is turned off on all 4 ss ports when you're running the microvax 2000 as a vaxstation. Why? Because buffering the mouse (which uses one of the ports) input would be a bad idea. Unfortunately, turning it off for the only other usable (for communication) port is a real lose because th CPU gets interrupted on every character. Run a 2400 baud modem and LOSE BIG! I can't even imagine what would happen if I used a telebit trailblazer. Question: I don't expect that there's any way to easily turn SILOing on for that port or dec would have already done it. Is there no way out of this problem? Is the VS2000 a loss for those that wish to communicate to the outside world? I guess I could get a microvax II, but I hate the speed of the QVSS. The scrolling makes me seasick. Any suggestions? How about a way of using the network port to talk to some other weird form of serial driver box that packetizes stuff? Anybody make something like this cheap? Please reply to: jkh@violet.berkeley.edu hplabs!dana!jkh ucbvax!jkh But not to all three...
awp8101@ritcv.UUCP (Andrew W. Potter) (02/05/88)
In article <176@smegma.UUCP> jkh@smegma.UUCP (Hose Head) writes: >... Run a 2400 baud modem and LOSE BIG! I can't >even imagine what would happen if I used a telebit trailblazer. > I have a 2400 modem connected to the modem port on my VS2000 and seem to run with no problem...I have the port fixed at 9600 Baud and let the modem speed match. (I get a small amount of data compression with MMP). Things run peachy. I even experimented with ASYNC decnet over the port at full 9600 baud. It seemed to be no worse than a DZ port on a 780. Another way you can connect to your VS2000 is via LAT. That also works like a champ and is quite efficient. Andrew W. Potter Email: awpsys@ritvax.BITNET Systems Programmer awp8101@ritcv.UUCP Information Systems and Computing Rochester Institute of Technology, Rochester NY, 14623 (716) 475-6994