Hello,
i own a 530h model and i would like to connect a VT420 ( real one yes !
) on the serial line.

I'm searching for system manual to find information about the S1 serial
output which doesn't look like a DB9/DB25 classical serial connector.

Does anybody know where i can find such information ?
- the first solution is to find the cable, and the second one to make
it...

An other problem is : is it nessary to make some system tunning (
switch ) and/or aix tunning or is it as simple as connecting a terminal
on a sun ( just plug in the serial line ) ?

Thanks for answering.
Ludovic.

clearsreen <floo01@wanadoo.fr> wrote:
> Hello,
> i own a 530h model and i would like to connect a VT420 ( real one yes !
> ) on the serial line.

> I'm searching for system manual to find information about the S1 serial
> output which doesn't look like a DB9/DB25 classical serial connector.

> Does anybody know where i can find such information ?
> - the first solution is to find the cable, and the second one to make
> it...

> An other problem is : is it nessary to make some system tunning (
> switch ) and/or aix tunning or is it as simple as connecting a terminal
> on a sun ( just plug in the serial line ) ?

> Thanks for answering.
> Ludovic.

It is an AMP 10 pin MOD-U connector. These were used on the first
IBM RISC System called the RT or RISC Technology. I have and adapter
that is about 30 mm in length that converts this connector to a DB25.
Available in Northeast Ohio, USA for 25 USD or will ship to other
parts of the world.


--
Regards,
Jerry M.

Note that you won't be able to run the latest AIX version on a
Microchannel machine.

You would be better off getting a 170 off eBay. Much smaller and more
powerful than the 530H. The 150's are great but won't support 64bit
or AIX5.4 when it comes out.

On 2006-12-05, s11018 <epugliese@nybot.com> wrote:
> [...] The 150's are great but won't support 64bit or AIX5.4 when it comes out.

Interesting! Where did you get that piece of information from?

Regards,

Frank

Frank Fegert wrote:
> On 2006-12-05, s11018 <epugliese@nybot.com> wrote:
>
>>[...] The 150's are great but won't support 64bit or AIX5.4 when it comes out.
>
>
> Interesting! Where did you get that piece of information from?
>
> Regards,
>
> Frank

The announcement letter for AIX 5.3 (from July 2004):

http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca...NUS204-155.PDF
says this:
Statement of Direction
Withdrawal of support for AIX 32-bit kernel in AIX 5L V5.4
AIX 5L V5.3 is the last release of AIX that will support
the 32-bit kernel. Future releases of AIX, beginning with
AIX 5L V5.4, which is scheduled for availability in fourth
quarter 2006, will only support the 64-bit kernel. The
AIX 5L V5.4 64-bit kernel will continue to support 32-bit
applications, but will not support 32-bit kernel extensions
or device drivers.
The 'fourth quarter 2006' part is not correct, but the part
about 'only support the 64-bit kernel' is still valid. Since
the 7043-150 is a 32bit h/w, it won't be able to run AIX 5.4.

Paul Landay

On 2006-12-06, Paul Landay <landay@us.ibm.com> wrote:
> The announcement letter for AIX 5.3 (from July 2004):
>
> http://www.ibm.com/common/ssi/rep_ca...NUS204-155.PDF
> says this:
> Statement of Direction
> Withdrawal of support for AIX 32-bit kernel in AIX 5L V5.4
> AIX 5L V5.3 is the last release of AIX that will support
> the 32-bit kernel. Future releases of AIX, beginning with
> AIX 5L V5.4, which is scheduled for availability in fourth
> quarter 2006, will only support the 64-bit kernel. The
> AIX 5L V5.4 64-bit kernel will continue to support 32-bit
> applications, but will not support 32-bit kernel extensions
> or device drivers.
> The 'fourth quarter 2006' part is not correct, but the part
> about 'only support the 64-bit kernel' is still valid. Since
> the 7043-150 is a 32bit h/w, it won't be able to run AIX 5.4.

Thanks for the pointer, still sad thought :-(

Regards,

Frank