Subject: Re: DUO 230: Serial Echo
To: Bill Studenmund <wrstuden@loki.stanford.edu>
From: Tom Tarka x3212 <tommy@boulder.vni.com>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 03/09/1997 16:34:29
> > 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