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From: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (jmg)
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Subject: Help needed re Bridge CS/1-SNA
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Date: Fri, 15-Aug-86 16:54:29 EDT
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Posted: Fri Aug 15 16:54:29 1986
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Reply-To: jmg@cernvax.UUCP (Mike Gerard, DD Division, CERN.)
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OK, this question ought to go to Bridge Corporation, but I don't have
any mail address for them.
We have been loaned a CS/1-SNA, which we are trying to make work. Despite
the large volume of documentation we are getting nowhere fast. Therefore,
can anyone answer some simple questions.
(BTW, it is the TCP/IP version).
1. I expected the CS/1 to contain a board with a single SDLC connector.
   Instead, it has a 4-port standard SDLC board. Is this correct?
2. Assuming that the answer to 1. is yes, is the default port setting
   correct? Also, does that mean that I can have several different
   3725 lines (even to different machines)?
3. Am I right in assuming that the asynchronous console attached onto
   the console port for sysgen and other utilities cannot be used for
   the normal system utilities (setting rotaries, showing names etc.)
   after the CS/1 is booted? Can I either attach a synchronous console
   to one of the SDLC connectors to do this? Alternatively, can I add
   in an asynchronous board to use the asynchronous terminal?
4. How does one map the virtual ports !32-!55 to the physical ports?
   This is mentioned in the documentation on sysgenning, but the
   system which we have does not seem to match the documentation (have
   you heard that one before?).
5. Since the virtual ports seem to have an associated terminal type,
   if I want to connect from my VT100 on a separate CS/100 to our IBM
   does the CS/1 ask me what type of terminal I have? This is mentioned
   (unclearly) in the documentation, but nothing seems to stop me
   selecting any virtual port in the CS/1.
6. What else ought I to have asked in order to make life smoother?

Thanks in advance for any answers.
					    Mike Gerard