From owner-freebsd-questions Tue Apr 4 16: 9:13 2000 Delivered-To: freebsd-questions@freebsd.org Received: from mail.twave.net (twave.net [206.100.228.5]) by hub.freebsd.org (Postfix) with SMTP id 945DD37BAE0 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 16:09:09 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from brameld@twave.net) Received: from [208.47.188.164] by mail.twave.net (NTMail 3.03.0018/1.abwg) with ESMTP id aa709462 for ; Tue, 4 Apr 2000 19:08:53 -0400 From: Walter Brameld To: Jerry Dunham , dan@mostgraveconcern.com (Dan O'Connor) Subject: Re: Dumb terminal vendor Date: Tue, 4 Apr 2000 20:08:00 -0400 X-Mailer: KMail [version 1.0.28] Content-Type: text/plain Cc: abc@firehouse.net (Alan Clegg), bduk@earthlink.net, freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG References: <200004041751.MAA01130@freeside.fc.net> In-Reply-To: <200004041751.MAA01130@freeside.fc.net> MIME-Version: 1.0 Message-Id: <00040420084701.00478@Bozo_3.BozoLand.domain> Content-Transfer-Encoding: 8bit Sender: owner-freebsd-questions@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.ORG On Tue, 04 Apr 2000, in a never-ending search for enlightenment, Jerry Dunham wrote: > Dan O'Connor babbled: > > Date: Mon, 3 Apr 2000 19:18:27 -0700 > > > >>>As it is, I spend an inordinate amount of time writing in a notebook > > >>>and typing it in later when the system is free. > > > > > >> If you don't mind typing on your laptop, you could always use a null-modem > > >> cable and connect your laptop to the FreeBSD machine's serial port. Then log > > >> in with terminal software... > > > > > >Note in this context, "notebook" is not == "laptop". It probably means a > > >pad of paper and a pencil with few I/O capabilities beyond "erase". 8-) > > > > > > > > Oh. They still make those? > > I think mine's broken. I can't even find the "erase" button on this > thing. It says "Bic" on the side, so could it be that I just have a > poorly designed brand? I can get a command line, but the GUI is quite > poor. Maybe it's just downrev. They usually only tend to get GUI if you leave them in your shirt pocket too long... -- Walter Brameld Microsoft: Where do you want to go today? Linux: Where do you want to go tomorrow? BSD: Are you guys coming, or what? Walter: And what does THIS button do?? To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message