Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:47:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: mjacob@nas.nasa.gov Cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 Message-ID: <199810072247.PAA03122@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:32:54 PDT." <Pine.LNX.4.02.9810071432460.7021-100000@remler.nas.nasa.gov>
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> 20.What is the Cyclades serial network for? > > A ``feature'' of DEC's AlphaBios is that a headless node will not > automatically boot without a carriage return over the serial port. The > Cyclades network was the best short-term solution to this > problem, and also offered a diagnostic and control network which is > independent of the ethernet. The serial network consists of Cyclades > Cyclom 32-YeP multiport serial PCI cards and 20ft > serial cables. Why we don't want to use the ARC console, hmm? -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message
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