From owner-freebsd-alpha Wed Oct 7 15:42:50 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id PAA11910 for freebsd-alpha-outgoing; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:42:50 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (dingo.cdrom.com [204.216.28.145]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA11901 for ; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:42:47 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost.cdrom.com [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id PAA03122; Wed, 7 Oct 1998 15:47:13 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199810072247.PAA03122@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: mjacob@nas.nasa.gov cc: alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: interesting quote from http://cnls.lanl.gov/avalon/FAQ.html#A1 In-reply-to: Your message of "Wed, 07 Oct 1998 14:32:54 PDT." Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Wed, 07 Oct 1998 15:47:13 -0700 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > 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