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From: Jim Durham <durham@w2xo.pgh.pa.us>
To: (Joerg Wunsch) <joerg_wunsch@uriah.heep.sax.de>
Subject: consoles and boot blocks
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On 13:56:37 J Wunsch opined:
>>As Jim Durham wrote:

>> Does the console have to be on sio0 ? How does one
>> specify which com port if not ?
>
>The location, the speed, and the line behaviour (local line, modem
>signals not obeyed) is hardcoded in the bootblocks and in the kernel
>(sio.c, if i'm not mistaken).  So yes, unless you wanna patch all
>this, it's hardcoded to sio0 and 9600 Bd.


This brings up a related topic.. Did we arrive at a final
determination as to how to run a non-VGA monitor on the
virtual terminals? This topic really got a lot of
conversation going about a month ago and then just died
out...I believe without any real resolution.

-Jim Durham