Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site qubix.UUCP Path: utzoo!linus!decvax!decwrl!qubix!msc From: msc@qubix.UUCP Newsgroups: net.unix-wizards Subject: Re: Versatec usage (help) Message-ID: <394@qubix.UUCP> Date: Sun, 24-Jul-83 00:29:42 EDT Article-I.D.: qubix.394 Posted: Sun Jul 24 00:29:42 1983 Date-Received: Sun, 24-Jul-83 07:07:16 EDT References: vaxine.259 <181@flairvax.UUCP> Organization: Qubix Graphic Systems, Saratoga, CA Lines: 21 I have been involved in the installation of 2 Versatec v80's on Vax 11/750's running 4.1bsd. Both installations were painful. The first installation was the first v80 to be put on a 750 running Unix. Because of this the finger pointing when it didn't work was greater than usual. In the end it turned out we had the long lines option in the printer but not in the controller so they couldn't talk to each other. (Versatec's fault.) On the second installation, I took the vp.c documentation literally and asked the Versatec FE to wire both interrupts to the same vector. I then built the system to expect just one interrupt. That didn't work. The system would hang when autoconf was probing for the controller.. I tried again the more normal 2 interrupt way only to find that the controller was not correctly configured. After the installation woes were over, both v80's have performed without any problems at all. -- Mark ...{decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!decwrl! ...{ittvax,amd70}!qubix!msc decwrl!qubix!msc@Berkeley.ARPA