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From: mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us (Marc Unangst)
Subject: Can 386BSD use a serial console?
Message-ID: <By5ryM.41n@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us>
Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 07:39:57 GMT
Organization: The Programmer's Pit Stop, Ann Arbor MI
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I've got a "spare" 386SX/20 machine here with 140MB or so of hard disk
space that I'd like to play around with 386BSD on. Unfortunately, I
don't have a spare keyboard, display board, or monitor, and I don't
particularly relish the thought of spending a hundred bucks or so for
those pieces of equipment. However, I *do* have several serial
terminals sitting here unused, and it would be nice if I could use one
of them as the console. Is this even remotely possible?
--
Marc Unangst, N8VRH | "There are two ways to solve this problem:
mju@mudos.ann-arbor.mi.us | the hard way, and the easy way. Let's start
| with the hard way."
| - W. Scheider, from a Physics lecture