Digital Equipment Corporation, Decstation - Townshend Computer Tools DAT-Link User Manual

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This above line shows that the system found the
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have con gured the
value in the above message.
Con guring the Device Drivers
The computer must now be informed that a new device has been installed. This is
root
done by logging in as
cd /dev
./MAKEDEV tz4
You will then see a message such as:
MAKEDEV: special file(s) for tz4
rmt1l nrmt1l rmt1h nrmt1h rmt1m nrmt1m rmt1a nrmt1a
The second line above may be di erent in that the \rmt1" may be replaced with
\rmt0", \rmt2", or another similar string. The nal step is to create the
device le. Use the rst device name returned above (rmt0l, rmt1l, or
you type:
ln -s rmt1l datlink0
You can now proceed with the software installation in Section 2.6 below.

2.4.3 Digital Equipment Corporation, DECstation

Manufacturer:
Digital Equipment Corp.
Models:
4000/710 (alpha), 3000/500 (alpha), 1000 4/233 (alpha)
Operating System:
OSF/1 V1.3, OSF/1 2.0
Cables Required
To connect a DECstation with the
Centronics type connector on both ends. This may also be called a SCSI-1 cable.
It should be available from your DEC hardware supplier or can be ordered from
DAT-Link
your supplier.
OSF/1 2.0 has several bugs in the SCSI drivers, V3.0 is recommended.
3
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with a ID other than 4, you should see the selected
, then entering the commands:
, OSF/1 3.0, OSF/1 3.2
3
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you will require a cable with a 50 pin
Installation
at SCSI ID 4. If you
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