HDS Xterms (was Re: NCD 19r monochrome Xterm)

[Ethan Dicks]

On 9/1/09, Ian King <IanK at vulcan.com> wrote:
> I'm interested in hearing more about how you got the HDS slabs running.  I
> ended up with a couple when I got my VAX 4000/300, and I recall not being
> able to figure out how to blank or overwrite the password.  What
> documentation I could find was no help.  Do you have any words of wisdom?

It's been over 6 years since I did this, and I don't have any ancient
lore to draw from (back in the day, we didn't have Ethernet at work -
everything was character terminals), but I don't recall anything
specifically password related.  Perhaps mine were never set or perhaps
we have different models.

The only issue I ever had was finding the right stuff to stick into
the tftp repository to feed it when it was coming up.  I am pretty
sure I was running it off of a SPARCstation of whatever flavor I owned
at the time, so once I stumbled across what I needed, I had to
incrementally check the tftp logs to see what was being asked for and
get it in the right place.  I noodled around with a few apps from the
Sun, then put it away since ISTR there were some warts with modern
apps like Netscape and an ancient X term.  It mostly worked, but I was
better off logging into the console (in the same room).

Sorry I don't have specifics to quote you, but if you want to send me
the model number of what you have off-list, I'll check it against what
I have and see if they are even the same.

-ethan