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

16 Installation
This above line shows that the system found the DAT-Link at SCSI ID 4. If you
have congured the DAT-Link with a ID other than 4, you should see the selected
value in the ab ove message.
Conguring the Device Drivers
The computer must now be informed that a new device has b een installed. This is
done by logging in as ro ot , then entering the commands:
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 abovemaybe dierent in that the \rmt1" may be replaced with
\rmt0", \rmt2", or another similar string. The nal step is to create the DAT-Link
device le. Use the rst device name returned ab ove (rmt0l, rmt1l, or ::: ) when
you type:
ln -s rmt1l datlink0
You can now pro ceed with the software installation in Section 2.6 b elow.
2.4.3 Digital Equipment Corp oration, DECstation
Manufacturer: Digital Equipment Corp.
Mo dels: 4000/710 (alpha), 3000/500 (alpha), 1000 4/233 (alpha)
Op erating System: OSF/1 V1.3, OSF/1 2.0
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, OSF/1 3.0, OSF/1 3.2
Cables Required
To connect a DECstation with the DAT-Link you will require a cable with a 50 pin
Centronics typeconnector on b oth ends. This may also b e called a SCSI-1 cable.
It should be available from your DEC hardware supplier or can be ordered from
your DAT-Link supplier.
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OSF/1 2.0 has several bugs in the SCSI drivers, V3.0 is recommended.