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1.1     ! root        1: .TH CONSOLE 4 
        !             2: .CT 1 sa_nonmortals
        !             3: .SH NAME
        !             4: console \- VAX console interface
        !             5: .SH DESCRIPTION
        !             6: .PP
        !             7: The console terminal is either in
        !             8: program mode
        !             9: (connected to the program running in the VAX)
        !            10: or in console mode
        !            11: (connected to the console interpreter,
        !            12: which prompts with
        !            13: .LR >>> ).
        !            14: On most VAXes,
        !            15: .RB control- p
        !            16: switches to console mode.
        !            17: If the VAX CPU is still running,
        !            18: .L "SET TERM PROG"
        !            19: returns to program mode.
        !            20: If the CPU is halted,
        !            21: .L "C"
        !            22: restarts it
        !            23: and connects to the VAX.
        !            24: Hitting the break key
        !            25: in either mode
        !            26: may halt the console processor
        !            27: and produce an
        !            28: .L @
        !            29: prompt;
        !            30: hit
        !            31: .L P
        !            32: to escape.
        !            33: .PP
        !            34: On an 11/750,
        !            35: switching to console mode
        !            36: always halts the VAX;
        !            37: only
        !            38: .L C
        !            39: will escape.
        !            40: .RB Control- d
        !            41: while in console mode
        !            42: may induce micro-debugging mode,
        !            43: where the prompt is
        !            44: .LR RDM> .
        !            45: Type
        !            46: .L RET
        !            47: to return to console mode.
        !            48: .PP
        !            49: On a MicroVAX,
        !            50: the break key (only) halts the VAX and switches to console mode.
        !            51: .PP
        !            52: All these modes are implemented by the VAX hardware.
        !            53: To the operating system,
        !            54: the console looks like an ordinary terminal
        !            55: as described in
        !            56: .IR tty (4),
        !            57: except that the speed is fixed in the hardware.
        !            58: .SH FILES
        !            59: .F /dev/console
        !            60: .SH "SEE ALSO"
        !            61: .IR tty (4),
        !            62: .IR ttyld (4), 
        !            63: .IR reboot (8)

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