Date: Wed, 4 Sep 2002 08:33:34 +0200 From: Wilko Bulte <wkb@freebie.xs4all.nl> To: "David O'Brien" <obrien@FreeBSD.ORG> Cc: Christian Weisgerber <naddy@mips.inka.de>, freebsd-alpha@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: AXPpci33 <-> Sparc sun4c serial cable Message-ID: <20020904083334.E16965@freebie.xs4all.nl> In-Reply-To: <20020904025025.GA90319@dragon.nuxi.com>; from obrien@FreeBSD.ORG on Tue, Sep 03, 2002 at 07:50:25PM -0700 References: <20020903190239.A48033@gnah.bolet.org> <al3dc5$11e1$1@kemoauc.mips.inka.de> <20020904025025.GA90319@dragon.nuxi.com>
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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
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