HP 9000/300 Server & HP 700/41 Terminal

[David_28]

I'm tring to use the 700/41 as a serial Console off of the 9000/300 Server (either 320 or 330, I don't know) and I am getting junk when the bootrom starts. Here is a capture that I did with Hyper Terminal in Win98.

(I put what I THINK it should look like at the END)

<--BEGIN-DUMP-->
? H J &a0C &a0Y &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y SELF-TEST MODE &a0C &a0YCopyright 1988, &a0C &a1YHewlett-Packard Company. &a0C &a2YAll Rights Reserved. &a0C &a3Y &a0C &a4YBOOTROM Rev. C1 &a0C &a5YMC68020 Processor &a0C &a6YMC68881 Coprocessor &a0C &a7YKeyboard &a76C &a23Y &a40C &a7Y &a0C &a23Y &a0C &a23Y RESET To Power-Up &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y LOADING MEMORY &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y SELF-TEST MODE &a0C &a8YHP-IB &a0C &a9YDMA-C0 &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y TESTING MEMORY &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y SELF-TEST MODE &a0C &a10YRAM 4194080 Bytes &a0C &a11YHP98644 (RS232) at 9 &a0C &a12YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 13 &a0C &a12YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 13 &a0C &a13YHP98625 (HPIB) at 14 &a0C &a13YHP98625 (HPIB) at 14 &a0C &a14YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 15 &a0C &a14YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 15 &a0C &a15YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 16 &a0C &a15YHP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 16 &a0C &a16YHP98643 (LAN) at 21 &a0C &a16YHP98643 (LAN) at 21, 08000902DA9E &a0C &a22Y &a0C &a22Y SEARCHING FOR A SYSTEM (RETURN To Pause) &a40C &a21Y

<--END-DUMP-->


<--BEGIN-WHAT-I-THINK-->

SELF-TEST MODE
Copyright 1988,
Hewlett-Packard Company.
All Rights Reserved.

BOOTROM Rev. C1
MC68020 Processor
MC68881 Coprocessor
Keyboard


RESET To Power-Up

LOADING MEMORY

SELF-TEST MODE
HP-IB
DMA-C0

TESTING MEMORY

SELF-TEST MODE
RAM 4194080 Bytes
HP98644 (RS232) at 9
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 13
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 13
HP98625 (HPIB) at 14
HP98625 (HPIB) at 14
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 15
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 15
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 16
HP98642 (RS232 MUX) at 16
HP98643 (LAN) at 21
HP98643 (LAN) at 21, 08000902DA9E

SEARCHING FOR A SYSTEM (RETURN To Pause)

<--END-WHAT-I-THINK-->

[paul courry]

This may be of little or no help, but .............

There is a document ID out there:

U3RM94061500

That states that the 700/41 is not acceptable as term0. While not as competent as I would like to be in all things unix I have a *hunch* that the console of a 9000/300 needs to be functioning at this level. This would leave out the 700/41 and 700/43.

Can anyone confirm this?

[David_28]

First, that dump did not come out right. Second, I think after HP-UX loads its fine but I can't remember. Third, here is what the dump should have been (THE FORUM DELETED ALL SPACES). It is attached as a HTML doc.

[Curt Thompson · Accepted solution]

Hello David,

A reply to your points, one at a time:

1)Your right. The dump will not be formatted properly during initial bootup. The bootrom on 9000/300 systems only supported HP-emulation modes. The 700/41 terminal was for VT-emulation. A 700/92 or 700/94 will work. Also, older models 2392A will work.

2) Right again. Once HPUX is booted, the OS will support more/additional emulation modes. For the 700/41, the correct term type is:

export TERM=vt100

3) The dump you attached looks correct for a terminal that is not correctly handling the escape sequences sent by the host system due to an emulation mode mismatch. And, your estimation of what it should REALLY look like in your original post is correct. The items are stacked in a column that is left-justified on the screen.

Good Luck,

Curt

[David_28]

Thank you. that cleared up alot. I looked at it for some time and thought that each one of those &a**** meant a enter but I wasn't sure because each one had a different number apended to the end (22, 21, 20, etc.).

Is there any DOS 6.22 OR Windows 3.1, 3.11, 95, 98, 98 SE, or ME terminal software that would Emulate in an HP mode?

[Curt Thompson]

Hello David,

Yes, there is an application you can get that will run on all those OS's: it's called 'Reflection' and it authored by WRQ (aka Walker, Richer, Quinn). It has several HP emulation modes and is the only app I use when I need an HP terminal.

Good Luck,
Curt