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Newsgroups: comp.unix.bsd Path: sserve!manuel.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!caen!uunet!icd.ab.com!tinman.mke.ab.com!tdphette From: tdphette@mke.ab.com (Thad Phetteplace x4461) Subject: Re: Hooking up a laptop as a terminal Message-ID: <1992Nov23.175531.11531@tinman.mke.ab.com> Sender: usenet@tinman.mke.ab.com (NetNews server account) Nntp-Posting-Host: toejam Organization: Allen-Bradley Co. X-Newsreader: Tin 1.1 PL4 References: <1992Nov23.003556.8530@news.ysu.edu> Date: Mon, 23 Nov 1992 17:55:31 GMT Lines: 30 ae007@yfn.ysu.edu (Daniel Newcombe) writes: : : What do I need to do to hook my laptop up to my desktop and run : it as a terminal on 386BSD? I am gonna hook it up via the serial : ports and I already have a nice little VT100 Terminal prog. : -Thanks... : -Dan : -- : -Dan Newcombe : Internet Address: STDN@VM.MARIST.EDU : Youngstown Freenet: ae007@yfn.ysu.edu : GOAL: To put the world on 3.5" diskettes... :) You need to get a null modem cable and some terminal emultion software for your laptop. Then you need to edit the /etc/ttys file and configure the com1 or com2 entry (whatever you are using) to run a getty process on that port. The man page on getty and/or ttys will probably explain the syntax better then me. I know it works though. I have used both a Wyse 50 terminal and an IBM XT running ProComm to access 386BSD from a serial port. -- Thad Phetteplace Network Systems Analyst, Allen-Bradley Co. Phone: (414)382-4461 Email: tdphette@mke.ab.com The opinions expressed here are entirely my own and not that of my employer. I am not a slob, I am simply doing an experiment in domestic entropy!