From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Jul 1 23:59:14 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id XAA16964 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:59:14 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from resnet.uoregon.edu (resnet.uoregon.edu [128.223.144.32]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id XAA16944 for ; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:59:05 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Received: from localhost (dwhite@localhost) by resnet.uoregon.edu (8.8.5/8.8.8) with SMTP id XAA24369; Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:59:04 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu) Date: Wed, 1 Jul 1998 23:59:03 -0700 (PDT) From: Doug White To: eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com cc: questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: Dumb terminals In-Reply-To: <6003A12BBDC9D011A32D0001FA7E022102AA8E5C@xprimary.7000.albertsons.com> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Sat, 27 Jun 1998 eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com wrote: > How hard is it to connect character-mode dumb terminals (Such as an NCR > 2900, a Wyze 50, etc) to a FreeBSD box? I'd also like to know of any > documentation out there regarding this application. As long as they're standard serial terminals (none of this silly IBM coax stuff) then all you need is a null-modem cable and a free serial port. Plug everything in then enable the appropriate getty in /etc/ttys, kill -1 1, and your terminal should come up with a login: prompt. Doug White | University of Oregon Internet: dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu | Residence Networking Assistant http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite | Computer Science Major To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message