From owner-freebsd-questions Thu May 10 6:11:38 2001 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.ruraltel.net (mail.ruraltel.net [24.225.0.33]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 14A2C37B423 for ; Thu, 10 May 2001 06:11:34 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from darryl@osborne-ind.com) Received: from darryl ([24.225.30.193]) by mail.ruraltel.net (Post.Office MTA v3.5.3 release 223 ID# 0-70800U16000L4200S0V35) with SMTP id net; Thu, 10 May 2001 08:10:36 -0500 Reply-To: From: "Darryl Hoar" To: "'Chris Fedde'" Cc: Subject: RE: HP 700/92 Dumb Terminal Date: Thu, 10 May 2001 08:14:56 -0500 Message-ID: <001c01c0d953$36212a30$0701a8c0@darryl> MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook CWS, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2910.0) In-Reply-To: <200105100414.f4A4E7801356@fedde.littleton.co.us> X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V5.00.3018.1300 Importance: Normal Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG HP terminals require special cables. Check HP's website for more info. -----Original Message----- From: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG [mailto:owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG]On Behalf Of Chris Fedde Sent: Wednesday, May 09, 2001 11:14 PM To: zer0700@excite.com Cc: freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: HP 700/92 Dumb Terminal On Wed, 9 May 2001 20:35:32 -0700 (PDT) zer0700@excite.com wrote: +------------------ | Okay, it seems like I've done everything necessary to get this antique HP | 700/92 Terminal to work with my FreeBSD (4.3RELEASE) box. I've added the | termcap entry to /etc/termcap, added the line: 'ttyd0 /usr/libexec/getty | std.9600 hp70092 on secure' to my /etc/ttys file, hooked up the terminal to | the serial port with a null modem cable, kill -1 1, but I never get a login | prompt. The terminal works fine in local mode (i'm able to type letters on | it) and I've set all it's settings to default. Maybe I need a special cable? | Or maybe I need to pass getty something besides std.9600 in the ttys file? | All suggestions welcome. +------------------ You probably need a null modem adapter, or a special cable. The docs on serial connections in the freebsd handbook (/usr/share/doc/handbook/book.txt) are quite good. I'd recommend spending some time with them. Chapter 15. Serial Communications. Good Luck -- Chris Fedde 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