From owner-freebsd-questions Wed Dec 10 18:51:13 1997 Return-Path: Received: (from root@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) id SAA21903 for questions-outgoing; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:51:13 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-questions) Received: from freight.msn.bc.ca (pc-21656.bc.rogers.wave.ca [24.112.126.7]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.7/8.8.7) with ESMTP id SAA21885 for ; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:51:01 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bpepa@msn.bc.ca) Received: from freight.msn.bc.ca (freight.msn.bc.ca [24.112.126.7]) by freight.msn.bc.ca (8.8.7/8.8.7) with SMTP id SAA08416; Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:54:45 -0800 (PST) (envelope-from bpepa@msn.bc.ca) Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:54:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Pepa To: Ken McGlothlen cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial port overload! In-Reply-To: <199712110211.SAA19859@ralf.serv.net> Message-ID: MIME-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: TEXT/PLAIN; charset=US-ASCII Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@freebsd.org X-Loop: FreeBSD.org Precedence: bulk On Wed, 10 Dec 1997, Ken McGlothlen wrote: > So I have an HP LaserJet 6MP, a PostScript printer. It has two Centronics- > style parallel ports (the normal B, and the smaller C connector) and one > Macintosh 8-pin DIN connector, which I assume is a serial connector. The > parallel ports are bidirectional, but FreeBSD doesn't support those yet. And > the two serial ports on the FreeBSD box are already taken up: one serial mouse > (I couldn't get a bus mouse to work), and one modem. Yes - 8-pin DIN connectors are usally Mac Serial Cables. > Hence, my request for advice. I could try to get a bus mouse to work, but I > was unable to last time, and I'd hate to waste my time with that, especially as > I also want to eventually add a UPS to the FreeBSD box, and the basic problem > ---not enough serial ports---would just come back. > > So I'm considering getting one of those Boca six-port things, or STB four-port > things. Unfortunately, I don't know if I have any IRQs left over (not being > that versed in PC hardware), and I haven't seen *any* RJ45->8-pin DIN > connectors. Has anybody already run into this situation? If so, how did you > resolve it, and what's your current configuration? I'm not sure how relavent this is, but there are RJ45->8pin DIN cables availible. Farallon (or shall I say Netopia) uses them for their hub's management cable, but they are NOT in anyway to connect to a Ethernet Network... Ben