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Marcel Moolenaar wrote:
> 
> Serial consoles work out if the box. That is, when you set the console
> to be serial in OFW, FreeBSD uses that. This is known to work on a
> Xserve G4. However, you do need a machine with an actual serial port,
> not a built-in modem.
> 

BTW: is anyone aware of a third party PCI/PCMCIA serial card that is
recognized and working with Apple OF? I tried a couple of standard devices
with Powermac G3/G4, but no success..

Rafal