SLSW2@cc.usu.edu (Roger Ivie) (06/27/90)
In article <26431@netnews.upenn.edu>, traw@grad1.cis.upenn.edu writes: > Next: the system I have consists of a TS-816/40 shared disk unit > and > several terminals (mostly diskless TS-800A's, and one with dual > drives). > I think the terminals are really standalone CP/M machines that must be > booted from the shared drive. Correct. > > Someone mentioned that the dual drive "terminal" couldn't be used as > a normal terminal; it had to be booted as a CP/M machine, and then the > serial port was accessed from CP/M. Is this the same for the 800A's? > What does it take to use them as normal terminals? I can't speak for the 802 (the dual drive machine), since I've never tried to use one as a satellite user station. The 800A's, being diskless, boot only from the server over that funky 15-pin D connector that I had always assumed was some sort of parallel interface. They can be used as normal terminals if a certain DIPswitch (which escapes me at the moment) is flipped. I would have to dig through a *big* pile of stuff to find it, and it will take a while. Incidentally, the 800A's and 802's are internally a TVI 950 terminal connected at 19.2Kbaud to the CP/M machine. Flipping the dipswitch bypasses the CP/M machine, or something like that. > > And how do you boot the shared disk anyway? Does CP/M come up as > soon as it's booted, or do you have to do something from the 800A's? > You turn the 814 on (with a terminal connected to the console, of course). It boots CP/M and then will start Mmmost (the multi-user CP/M server stuff). As for the 800As, turn them on and they will send boot requests to the 814. If the 814 is running Mmmost, these will be honored and CP/M will be loaded. -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================