From: CRDGW2::CRDGW2::MRGATE::"SMTP::CRVAX.SRI.COM::RELAY-INFO-VAX" 18-DEC-1990 08:53:33.76 To: MRGATE::"ARISIA::EVERHART" CC: Subj: Do-It-Yerself System Seree-alll numbers. Received: by crdgw1.ge.com (5.57/GE 1.80) id AA24988; Mon, 17 Dec 90 19:47:59 EST Message-Id: <9012180047.AA24988@crdgw1.ge.com> Received: From CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU by CRVAX.SRI.COM with TCP; Mon, 17 DEC 90 13:43:01 PST Received: from ICKY.SWAMP.ORG by CUNYVM.CUNY.EDU (IBM VM SMTP R1.2.2MX) with BSMTP id 9437; Mon, 17 Dec 90 16:37:35 EST Date: Thu, 1 Apr 1991 20:00 GMT From: Subject: Do-It-Yerself System Seree-alll numbers. To: info-vax@kl.sri.com X-Comments-To: ken_olsen@decwrl.dec.com Bograt's Guide To Setting the System Serial Number on Your 6000 series VAX Hi there. Jus' suppose yew want t'change the system serial number on yer VAX 6000-xxx system. It's amazin' jus' how simple it is t'do. None o'that messy fiddlin' with jumpers and stuff like on them ol'VAX-11/xxxs. Step th'first: Shut down yer VAX in the manner of yer choosin' and halt it. Step th'second: Now in console mode, yew should press th'followin' keys -- SET SYSTEM SERIAL It'll then prompt yew fer the new number. REMEMBER -- BEFORE YEW DO THIS, WRITE DOWN TH'OLD NUMBER. THIS CAN CAUSE YER VMS LICENSE TO ACT REAL FUNNY-LIKE, AND YEW MIGHT WANT T'SET IT BACK AFTERWARD. YEW JUS' MIGHT HAV'T'DO A "UPDATE ALL"-TYPE COMMAND TO UPDATE ALL'O'THEM CPU'S. THAT COMMAND BE DOCUMENTED, SO IT AIN'T NO PROBLEM. Anyways, that's all there's t'do -- real handy on them do-it-yerself cpu installashuns. Have fun, kids. It ain't addictive, an'it won't make yew go blind, neither. --Bograt