Jeff Dean on Fri, 5 May 2000 15:40:44 -0400 (EDT)


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Re: [PLUG] Sun Info


That adapter should split out two individual serial ports, ttya and ttyb.
Your console should appear on ttya.  Also, be sure that you *dont* have a
Sun keyboard plugged into the sparcstation when you boot it.  This is (at
least with recent systems) how it knows to go to ttya for a terminal console.

jd

At 03:33 PM 5/5/00 -0400, you wrote:
>For an IPC, you're going to need to purchase a Sun serial adapter.  One
>end looks like a PS/2 connector, the other has a DB25.  You should be
>able to pick one up on eBay for under $5.  Then, all you need is a serial
>cross-over cable (also commonly referred to as null-modem adapter), and a
>working serial port on a PC.  Plug the PS/2 end of the adapter into the
>SerialA port of your IPC, fire up your communications program on your PC,
>set the serial parameters to 9600 / 8N1, and boot :-)
>-mct


Jeff Dean
jdean@ieee.org

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