Re: DECstation 2100: power trouble?

On 4/15/26 22:31, Mouse wrote:
>>> Were [2100s] never intended to be used without mouse and keybaord
>>> even if they have no VSIMM installed?  I can't think why selftest
>>> would fail without mouse/keyboard if serial console is supported.
>> I ran several DECstation-2100 and -3100 system as DNS and Kerberos
>> servers on ISP networks in the 1990s.  They worked just fine as
>> headless machines.  They came up just fine on their own after power
>> failures.
> 
> Curious.  Do you happen to recall whether you had anything connected to
> the keyboard and mouse connectors?

   Man this was 1993, those neurons are all but gone.  But I don't think 
we used the mouse terminator plugs for the mouse port.  We definitely 
didn't have keyboards or mice connected.  I do recall "setenv console 
8".  We always had good batteries in our machines. (this was a 
production environment in a company)

          -Dave

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Dave McGuire, AK4HZ
New Kensington, PA