> >I have activated the serial line in /etc/ttys (9600 baud), have connected
> >my >IIci with my Q650/MacOS 7.5.x with a original apple printer cable. I
> >use Zterm >on the >Quadra,
> >(Terminal settings: 9600 baud 8N1). Now I see something like the login
> >prompt. >Some characters are translated/displayed correctly, OTHERS NOT?
> 
> Have you set up handshaking correctly, preferably hardware handshaking (and
> same on both sides :) ? Also, I don't know for sure if the original printer
> cable contains handshaking lines.

Don't use hardware handshaking! It works, and you could use it, but a
terminal won't (usually) generate enough I/O to necessitate hardware
flow control. Also, it would be one more complication to getting
everything working.

> >I can log in, use all the system commands (more or less blind). I can
> >follow my >remote actions on the IIci console.
> 
> I take it that you can't see what you're typing on the terminal? Then you
> have to activate echo on the login serial port. I run half a dozen un*x
> clones and I don't have the NetBSD available, so I can't tell if it's done
> by stty, ttyset or something like that. Check with the man pages.

It's done w/ stty. But it should be on. I think the problem is that
the port is coming up in a garbled state, which is a bug present in
all 1.1 ports. The i386 people first mentioned the problem, and
found that "stty sane" seemed to fix things.

Good luck!

Bill