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CONS(4)                    Kernel Interfaces Manual                    CONS(4)



NAME
       cons - console interface

DESCRIPTION
       The  console  is  available to the processor through the console regis‐
       ters.  It acts like a normal terminal, except that when the local func‐
       tions  are  not  disabled,  control-P puts the console in local console
       mode (where the prompt is `>>>').  On an 11/780, you can return to  the
       conversational  mode  by  `SE T P' if the processor is still running or
       `CONTINUE' if it is halted.  On an 11/750, control-P always  halts  the
       processor; `C' will recover.

       If  you hit the break key on an 11/780 console, the console may go into
       ODT (console debugger mode).  Hit a `P' to get out of this mode.

       With the above provisos the console works like any other terminal.

FILES
       /dev/console

SEE ALSO
       ttyld(4), reboot(8)



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