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diff --git a/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/cons.4 b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/cons.4 new file mode 100644 index 00000000..2182926b --- /dev/null +++ b/static/netbsd/man4/man4.vax/cons.4 @@ -0,0 +1,146 @@ +.\" $NetBSD: cons.4,v 1.12 2017/07/03 21:30:59 wiz Exp $ +.\" +.\" Copyright (c) 1980, 1991, 1993 +.\" The Regents of the University of California. All rights reserved. +.\" +.\" Redistribution and use in source and binary forms, with or without +.\" modification, are permitted provided that the following conditions +.\" are met: +.\" 1. Redistributions of source code must retain the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer. +.\" 2. Redistributions in binary form must reproduce the above copyright +.\" notice, this list of conditions and the following disclaimer in the +.\" documentation and/or other materials provided with the distribution. +.\" 3. Neither the name of the University nor the names of its contributors +.\" may be used to endorse or promote products derived from this software +.\" without specific prior written permission. +.\" +.\" THIS SOFTWARE IS PROVIDED BY THE REGENTS AND CONTRIBUTORS ``AS IS'' AND +.\" ANY EXPRESS OR IMPLIED WARRANTIES, INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, THE +.\" IMPLIED WARRANTIES OF MERCHANTABILITY AND FITNESS FOR A PARTICULAR PURPOSE +.\" ARE DISCLAIMED. IN NO EVENT SHALL THE REGENTS OR CONTRIBUTORS BE LIABLE +.\" FOR ANY DIRECT, INDIRECT, INCIDENTAL, SPECIAL, EXEMPLARY, OR CONSEQUENTIAL +.\" DAMAGES (INCLUDING, BUT NOT LIMITED TO, PROCUREMENT OF SUBSTITUTE GOODS +.\" OR SERVICES; LOSS OF USE, DATA, OR PROFITS; OR BUSINESS INTERRUPTION) +.\" HOWEVER CAUSED AND ON ANY THEORY OF LIABILITY, WHETHER IN CONTRACT, STRICT +.\" LIABILITY, OR TORT (INCLUDING NEGLIGENCE OR OTHERWISE) ARISING IN ANY WAY +.\" OUT OF THE USE OF THIS SOFTWARE, EVEN IF ADVISED OF THE POSSIBILITY OF +.\" SUCH DAMAGE. +.\" +.\" from: @(#)cons.4 8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93 +.\" +.Dd June 5, 1993 +.Dt CONS 4 vax +.Os +.Sh NAME +.Nm cons +.Nd VAX-11 console interface +.Sh DESCRIPTION +The console is available to the processor through the console registers. +It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local functions are +not disabled, +.Ic \&^P +(control-P) puts the console in local console mode (where +the prompt is +.Sq Li >>> ) . +The operation of the console in this mode varies +slightly per-processor. +.Ss VAX-11/780 or 785 +On either the +.Tn VAX-11/780 +or 785 the following commands may be used +after placing the console in local mode with +.Ic ^P . +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n +.It Ic c +.It Ic continue +Re-enter conversational mode +if the processor was halted. +.Pp +.It Ic h +.It Ic halt +Halt the CPU. +On an 11/780 or 785 +the processor is not stopped by entering local console mode. +.Pp +.It Ic set t p +(set terminal program) +Re-enter conversational mode +if the processor is still +running. +.Pp +.It Ic P +(proceed) +Get out of +.Tn ODT +mode. +.Pp +.It Ic <break> +If you hit the break key on the console, then the console +.Tn LSI Ns -11 +will go into +.Tn ODT +(console debugger mode). +.El +.Ss VAX-11/750 or 11/730 +On an 11/750 +or an 11/730 +the processor is halted whenever the console is not in conversational mode. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n +.It Ic C +Return to conversational mode. +.Pp +.It Ic ret +Return from remote diagnosis mode to local console +mode. +.Pp +.It Ic \&^D +(11/750 only) +When in console mode on an 11/750 which has a remote diagnosis module, +a +.Ic \&^D +will put you in remote diagnosis mode, where the prompt will be +.Ql RDM> . +.El +.Ss VAX-8600 or 8650 +The +.Tn VAX-8600 +(8650) console normally works in the same way as the 11/750, +except that there are many additional modes and commands. +.Pp +.Bl -tag -width continue -compact -offset 4n +.It Ic c +.It Ic continue +Return to +conversational mode. +.Pp +.It Ic halt +Halt the processor if +.Tn HEX +debug enabled. +.Pp +.It Ic p +Halt the processor if in normal mode. +.El +.Pp +With the above proviso's the console works like any other +.Ux +terminal. +.Sh FILES +.Bl -tag -width /dev/console -compact +.It Pa /dev/console +.El +.Sh SEE ALSO +.Xr tty 4 , +.Xr reboot 8 +.Rs +.%T "VAX Hardware Handbook" +.Re +.Sh HISTORY +The +.Nm cons +interface +appeared in +.Bx 4.0 . |