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34.\"     from: @(#)tu.4	8.1 (Berkeley) 6/5/93
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36.Dd June 5, 1993
37.Dt TU 4 vax
38.Os
39.Sh NAME
40.Nm tu
41.Nd
42.Tn VAX-11/750
43.Tn TU58
44console cassette interface
45.Sh DESCRIPTION
46The
47.Nm tu
48interface provides access to the
49.Tn VAX
5011/750
51.Tn TU58
52console cassette drive.
53.Pp
54The interface supports only block
55.Tn I/O
56to the
57.Tn TU58
58cassettes.
59The devices are normally manipulated with the
60.Xr dd 1
61program.
62.Pp
63The device driver is automatically included when a
64system is configured to run on an 11/750.
65.Pp
66The
67.Tn TU58
68on an 11/750 uses the Radial Serial Protocol
69.Pq Tn RSP
70to communicate with the cpu over a serial line.  This
71protocol is inherently unreliable as it has no flow
72control measures built in.
73.Sh FILES
74.Bl -tag -width /dev/tu0xx -compact
75.It Pa /dev/tu0
76.El
77.Sh DIAGNOSTICS
78.Bl -diag
79.It tu%d: lost recv interrupt.
80.br
81A timer watching the controller detected no interrupt for
82an extended period while an operation was outstanding.
83This usually indicates that one or more receiver interrupts
84were lost and the transfer is restarted.
85.El
86.Sh HISTORY
87The
88.Nm
89driver appeared in
90.Bx 4.1 .
91.br
92A new driver showed up in
93.Nx 1.2 .
94.Sh BUGS
95The
96.Tn VAX Ns \-11/750
97console interface is unuseable
98while the system is multi-user, because interrupts
99occur at a very high priority level (spl7) and cannot be blocked with splbio.
100Use this driver only when the system is running single-user and,
101even then, with caution.
102