Michael C. Toren on Fri, 5 May 2000 15:49:22 -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

IPC's and IPX's have two two separate SerialA and SerialB ports, so you
don't need the splitter-style cable.  I forget offhand which Sparc models
require the splitter to access the SerialB port.

> 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.

Yup; older ones, too.

-mct