From owner-freebsd-alpha Tue Sep 3 23:33:39 2002 Delivered-To: freebsd-alpha@freebsd.org Received: from mx1.FreeBSD.org (mx1.FreeBSD.org [216.136.204.125]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id 09A1E37B400; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:33:37 -0700 (PDT) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (freebie.xs4all.nl [213.84.32.253]) by mx1.FreeBSD.org (Postfix) with ESMTP id EDCCD43E65; Tue, 3 Sep 2002 23:33:35 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: from freebie.xs4all.nl (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.5/8.12.2) with ESMTP id g846XYJR017090; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:33:35 +0200 (CEST) (envelope-from wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl) Received: (from wkb@localhost) by freebie.xs4all.nl (8.12.5/8.12.5/Submit) id g846XYYG017089; Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:33:34 +0200 (CEST) Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:33:34 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte To: "David O'Brien" Cc: Christian Weisgerber , freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable Message-ID: <20020904083334.E16965@freebie.xs4all.nl> References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <20020904025025.GA90319@dragon.nuxi.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Disposition: inline User-Agent: Mutt/1.2.5i In-Reply-To: <20020904025025.GA90319@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 07:50:25PM -0700 X-OS: FreeBSD 4.6-STABLE X-PGP: finger wilko@freebsd.org Sender: owner-freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk List-ID: List-Archive: (Web Archive) List-Help: (List Instructions) List-Subscribe: List-Unsubscribe: X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 07:50:25PM -0700, David O'Brien wrote: > On Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 10:33:41PM +0000, Christian Weisgerber wrote: > > > ** What software should I use on the Alpha box ? I know there exists > > > some program called "minicom", which has a FreeBSD port, that might > > > be adequate. But is this the standard solution ? > > > > Minicom is pretty silly because it combines terminal emulation and > > communication functions in the style of corresponding PC programs. > > (It's roughly a clone of Telix for MS-DOS.) On a Unix box you > > already have a terminal, no need to insert an emulation layer. A > > simple communication program such as cu(1) or tip(1), or kermit(1) > > from the ports, will do. > > Surprised no one mentioned conserver -- it is great in that you can can > have one person using it, and multiple people watching what is going on. > It is nice to be on the console at home, and when I go to work temperary > "bump" the home process. But when I return home, I still have the full > console output. One can do this with screen(1), but it takes planning > that using conserver does not. Yup, I can support David's plug for conserver. We use it at work to control a truckload of serial Alpha consoles. In our case controlling DECserver terminal servers. Very neat. -- | / o / /_ _ |/|/ / / /( (_) Bulte wilko@FreeBSD.org To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-alpha" in the body of the message