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Date:      Fri, 8 Mar 1996 11:33:31 -0700 (MST)
From:      Terry Lambert <terry@lambert.org>
To:        mdz@netrail.net (Matt Zimmerman)
Cc:        freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: Serial console?
Message-ID:  <199603081833.LAA17338@phaeton.artisoft.com>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.LNX.3.91.960307185331.30725A-100000@netrail.net> from "Matt Zimmerman" at Mar 7, 96 06:56:53 pm

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> Has any work been done on adapting a console driver to talk VT100/220 on a
> serial port, rather than using the keyboard and VGA?  If not, does anyone
> have any comments on what would be involved?  Input shouldn't be too 
> difficult, but I don't know much about how output is handled in the 
> current setup.

Uh, console code doesn't send escape sequences; programs do.  Console
code interprets escape sequences.

To make the serial console interpret VT100/220 escape sequences, attach
a VT100/220 compatible terminal.  8-).

To make programs send VT100/220 escape sequences, set your TERM
environment variable appropriately.

To use the visual config (which isn't a console app, really), use a
real console.


					Terry Lambert
					terry@lambert.org
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