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