Date: Wed, 10 Dec 1997 18:54:45 -0800 (PST) From: Ben Pepa <bpepa@msn.bc.ca> To: Ken McGlothlen <mcglk@serv.net> Cc: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Subject: Re: Serial port overload! Message-ID: <Pine.BSF.3.96.971210183835.8372A-100000@freight.msn.bc.ca> In-Reply-To: <199712110211.SAA19859@ralf.serv.net>
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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
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