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Date:      Mon, 15 Jul 1996 08:47:03 -0700 (PDT)
From:      Doug White <dwhite@riley-net170-164.uoregon.edu>
To:        HMG coA reductase <s_koyin@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>
Cc:        Matthew Jason White <mwhite+@CMU.EDU>, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
Subject:   Re: dumb terminals
Message-ID:  <Pine.BSF.3.91.960715084608.877A-100000@gdi.uoregon.edu>
In-Reply-To: <Pine.OSF.3.91.960715161533.6860B-100000@eduserv.its.unimelb.EDU.AU>

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On Mon, 15 Jul 1996, HMG coA reductase wrote:

> > > i'd like advice on hooking up a dumb terminal to my FreeBSD box.
> > > i connected this laptop to my desktop with a serial laplink cable,
> > > set the /etc/ttys nicely, set up Windows Terminal on the laptop, but did
> > > not get a login: prompt. everything looks fine on the FreeBSD side, getty
> > > was running, and stty for ttyd0 shows desired settings.
> > 
> > I dunno, you sure the laplink cable is null-modem wired?  You sure that
> > both the FreeBSD and the laptop serial ports are running at the same
> > speed?

> yes, both ports are at the same speed.
> is there a difference between a null-modem cable and a "laplink" cable? 
> the laplink cable works using DOS Interlnk/Intersvr.

they're the same.  I missed that, sorry.

Let's see your /etc/ttys.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major




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