From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 14 23:17:06 1996 Return-Path: owner-questions Received: (from root@localhost) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) id XAA03841 for questions-outgoing; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:17:06 -0700 (PDT) Received: from eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU [128.250.6.4]) by freefall.freebsd.org (8.7.5/8.7.3) with ESMTP id XAA03831 for ; Sun, 14 Jul 1996 23:16:57 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from s_koyin@localhost) by eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU (8.7.4/8.7.3) id QAA07137; Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:17:27 +1000 (EST) Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 16:17:26 +1000 (EST) From: HMG coA reductase To: Matthew Jason White cc: questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: dumb terminals In-Reply-To: Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk > > i'd like advice on hooking up a dumb terminal to my FreeBSD box. > > i connected this laptop to my desktop with a serial laplink cable, > > set the /etc/ttys nicely, set up Windows Terminal on the laptop, but did > > not get a login: prompt. everything looks fine on the FreeBSD side, getty > > was running, and stty for ttyd0 shows desired settings. > > I dunno, you sure the laplink cable is null-modem wired? You sure that > both the FreeBSD and the laptop serial ports are running at the same > speed? yes, both ports are at the same speed. is there a difference between a null-modem cable and a "laplink" cable? the laplink cable works using DOS Interlnk/Intersvr. ivan