From owner-freebsd-questions Mon Jan 1 15:42:57 2001 From owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Mon Jan 1 15:42:55 2001 Return-Path: Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from ann.skypoint.net (ann.skypoint.net [199.86.32.19]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 86C1337B400 for ; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 15:42:54 -0800 (PST) Received: (from uucp@localhost) by ann.skypoint.net (8.9.3/8.9.3) with UUCP id XAA11588; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 23:43:17 GMT Received: (from rpj@localhost) by fep.hirshfields.com (8.8.8/8.8.8) id OAA29486; Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:09:25 -0600 (CST) (envelope-from rpj) From: "Roger P. Johnson" Message-Id: <200101012009.OAA29486@fep.hirshfields.com> Subject: Re: terminals under FreeBSD In-Reply-To: <79.e44cc03.277ed8a3@aol.com> from "GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com" at "Dec 30, 0 01:20:19 am" To: GLOBALLINK2001@aol.com Date: Mon, 1 Jan 2001 14:08:44 -0600 (CST) Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.4ME+ PL38 (25)] 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 > how hard would it be to hook up a serial terminal to freebsd ( you know the > old ones ) are they even supported what files would i have to edit is it > worth it etc thanks Well, like anything else in this biz, do you understand what needs to be done? Yes dumb terminals work fine with FreeBSD. Yes they are easy to hook up if you know what is to be done? Do you know about getty? Do you know about RS-232 serical communications? How to pin the DB-9/RJ-45 couplers? Know about flow control: software XON/XOFF or hardware flow control? Are you familiar with your serial terminal? How to configure it? It isn't that hard to do. Go for it. It's a great learning experience and worth to know. -Roger To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message