[rescue] OT: RS/6000 6611

[Steve Sandau]

Anyone have any info/idea on how to get into an IBM 6611 router?

I have tried all kinds of things, including serial (null modem and
straight-through) connections to a VT100 and to my Linux laptop with
minicom. I have tried several odd cables, adapters, a breakout box,
different baud rates, all three key switch positions, both serial ports,
and so on. I've also tried uncasing it and plugging a keyboard in since
I read somewhere that that's supposed to trigger a request for a new
console redirection.

Everything I have tried yeilds the same output on the attached display:
absolutely nothing.

The box appears to boot. The front panel display cycles through several
different numbers before settling on one number (different according to
the position of the lock switch on the front) consistent with the
manuals I can find.

Any thoughts? Can I add a frame buffer, maybe? Anyone have the magical,
mystical, (mythical?) configuration diskette mentioned in the manuals
I've found?

-- 
Steve Sandau, IS Technician
TMA Bath, Maine
ssandau at bath.tmac.com