From owner-freebsd-questions Sun Jul 5 13:50:13 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id NAA02317 for freebsd-questions-outgoing; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:50:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from greeves.mfn.org (greeves.mfn.org [204.238.179.3]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id NAA02186 for ; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:49:54 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from sysadmin@greeves.mfn.org) Received: from noc.mfn.org (noc.mfn.org [204.238.179.35]) by greeves.mfn.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id OAA00262; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 14:01:06 -0500 (CDT) (envelope-from sysadmin@greeves.mfn.org) Received: by noc.mfn.org with Microsoft Mail id <01BDA81D.162E4150@noc.mfn.org>; Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:59:11 -0500 Message-ID: <01BDA81D.162E4150@noc.mfn.org> From: NOC-IPAD To: "eric_floerchinger@albertsons.com" , "'Doug White'" Cc: "questions@FreeBSD.ORG" Subject: RE: Dumb terminals Date: Sun, 5 Jul 1998 13:59:10 -0500 MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG Actually, you don't want the null modem cable: this will prevent some of the control signals from properly flowing between the terminal and the host. If you use a straight thru with 2/3 reversal, the host will automagically log out any terminal that is turnerd off (VERY nice for insecure environments). The only time we have found the use of a null-modem cable to be actually _necessary_, is when using a serial terminal as the console: for some reason the console can't have a straight-thru connection. I wonder why??? J.A. Terranson sysadmin@mfn.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 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message