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1.1     ! root        1: .\" Copyright (c) 1980 Regents of the University of California.
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        !             5: .\"    @(#)cons.4      6.2 (Berkeley) 5/19/86
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        !             7: .TH CONS 4 "May 19, 1986"
        !             8: .UC 4
        !             9: .SH NAME
        !            10: cons \- VAX-11 console interface
        !            11: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !            12: The console is available to the processor through the console registers.
        !            13: It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are
        !            14: not disabled, control-P puts the console in local console mode (where
        !            15: the prompt is ``>>>'').  The operation of the console in this mode varies
        !            16: slightly per-processor.
        !            17: .PP
        !            18: On an 11/780 or 785
        !            19: the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode.
        !            20: The CPU may be halted with the ``halt'' command, which may be abbreviated
        !            21: to ``h.''
        !            22: Conversational mode is re-entered by using the command
        !            23: ``set t p'' (set terminal program) if the processor is still
        !            24: running, or ``continue'' if it is halted.
        !            25: The latter command may be abbreviated ``c''.
        !            26: If you hit the break key on the console, then the console LSI-11
        !            27: will go into ODT
        !            28: (console debugger mode).  Hit a ``P'' (upper-case letter p; ``proceed'')
        !            29: to get out of this mode.
        !            30: .PP
        !            31: On an 11/750
        !            32: or an 11/730
        !            33: the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode,
        !            34: and typing ``C'' returns to conversational mode.
        !            35: When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module,
        !            36: a ^D will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be ``RDM>''.
        !            37: The command ``ret'' will return from remote diagnosis mode to local console
        !            38: mode.
        !            39: .PP
        !            40: The VAX 8600 (8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750,
        !            41: except that there are many additional modes and commands.
        !            42: In the normal mode
        !            43: control-P halts the processor, and ``c'' or ``continue'' returns to
        !            44: conversational mode.
        !            45: If HEX debug is enabled, control-P does not halt the CPU; the ``halt''
        !            46: command stops the CPU as on the 11/780.
        !            47: .PP
        !            48: With the above proviso's the console works like any other UNIX terminal.
        !            49: .SH FILES
        !            50: /dev/console
        !            51: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            52: tty(4), reboot(8)
        !            53: .br
        !            54: VAX Hardware Handbook

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