From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Apr 3 20: 5: 6 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net [207.217.121.31]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 3F2E337B54B for ; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:04:58 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bduk@earthlink.net) Received: from earthlink.net (sdn-ar-006orportP218.dialsprint.net [63.178.66.234]) by emu.prod.itd.earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with ESMTP id UAA08751; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 20:03:36 -0700 (PDT) Received: (from bduk@localhost) by earthlink.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) id SAA01835; Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:33:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from bduk) Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Posted-Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 18:33:50 -0700 (PDT) Message-Id: <200004040133.SAA01835@earthlink.net> From: Derrick Baumer To: abc@firehouse.net Cc: dan@mostgraveconcern.com, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG In-reply-to: <20000403081138.A34039@laptop.firehouse.net> (message from Alan Clegg on Mon, 3 Apr 2000 08:11:38 -0400) Subject: Re: Dumb terminal vendor Reply-To: bduk@earthlink.net Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG > From: Alan Clegg > > Out of the ether, Dan O'Connor spewed forth the following bitstream: > > > >As it is, I spend an inordinate amount of time writing in a notebook > > >and typing it in later when the system is free. > > > If you don't mind typing on your laptop, you could always use a null-modem > > cable and connect your laptop to the FreeBSD machine's serial port. Then log > > in with terminal software... > > Note in this context, "notebook" is not == "laptop". It probably means a > pad of paper and a pencil with few I/O capabilities beyond "erase". 8-) Correct. The notebook is I/O limited. I'll think about the laptop idea some, though. Heck, if it was a good one, I could abandon the big box altogether... Thank you. -- Derrick Baumer - Black Duck Software To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message