AT&T Alternate/Remote Console ??

[david.a.vancleef]

In article <1991Feb22.202936.25306 at mccc.edu> pjh at mccc.edu (Pete Holsberg) writes:
>The AT&T documentation about alternate and remote consoles for SV/386 is
>confusing.  I wonder if someone can explain a couple of things.
>
>It says, "The AT&T Model 605 terminal must be in PC (xt) mode to CONTROL
>DIAGNOSTICS [emphasis added], and in normal mode to communicate with the
>UNIX Operating System and to CONTROL BOOTSTRAP [emphasis added]." What
>do the emphasized phrases mean? What are their significances if I want
>to use a non-605 terminal, e.g., an old VT100-like device?

Using a non-605 will mean that you can have alternate console, but you
won't be able to enter the rom-based setup with the terminal.  The
rom-setup requires that you have a terminal that will generate PC scan
codes over the serial link.