> > I know this is an ongoing thread, but I'll ask the same questions as usual:
> > 
> > I'm trying to get a serial console or boot echo to work from my Powerbook
> > duo 230 to a 6100/66 running zterm.  I can get a direct connection
> > going between the two machines if I run zterm on both, but attempting
> > to turn on Boot echo or serial console results in no output to the other 
> > machine.
> > 
> > My Configuration:
> > 
> > Duo 230, 12/122, 120 = 110 root/usr + 12 swap, Apple MiniDock, external 15",
> > 	extended keyboard and mouse
> > 

		[snip]


> What version of the booter are you using? Booter 1.9.3 has a setting
> which you'll probably need. It turns the serial ports on before booting
> NetBSD, so that the serial ports have power. It's in the serila ports
> dislog.

	yup, using 1.9.6, so that's all set.

> 
> Try just one port for now, and try just serial console.

	ok.

			[snip]

> > 
> > Questions I have/potential problems:
> > 
> > 1. do I need any of the DTS settings set for an appletalk cable?
> 
> An AppleTalk cable?? You mean a LocalTalk cable? you can't use LocalTalk
> for anything on NetBSD, right now. Certainly not for serial console..

DOH!  This could be my problem then!  I thought that I'd need a null-modem
cable, and that a local talk cable would be what I wanted.  So is a 
modem-to-modem or non-"null" serial cable what I want then?  



Thanks,
	Tom