Date: Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu> To: HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU> Cc: Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: dumb terminals Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.91.960715084608.877A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu> In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960715161533.6860B-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, HMG coA reductase wrote: > > > 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. they're the same. I missed that, sorry. Let's see your /etc/ttys. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major
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