Re: New to the AlphaStation 200, console problem

["James G. Owens" <jgowens magicnet net>]

Nick,

Do you have a modem or anything else connected to COM1, if you do the AS200
4/233 will try to use it as console.  I have a AS200 4/233 and had that
problem.

Jim Owens

nm wrote:

> Rich Payne wrote:
> >
> > Press the enter key a few times, you should get the >> prompt (CTRL-C can
> > also be your friend here). Once you get the prompt type is:
> > >> set console graphics
> >
> > and restart the machine. You should be OK after that.
> >
> > --rdp
>
> Tom also suggested this.  But I could not seem to get it to work.  The
> system does not beep at me so I dont think anything is wrong with it,
> but
> pressing enter or ctrl+c any number of times does not seem to get me
> to an srm prompt.  All three of the keyboard leds do flash about 6 times
> when I power on the system.  But I didnt see any pattern to it that
> matches
> the error codes in the oem manual.
>
> Nick
>
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