Subject: Re: Serial port madness
To: Hauke Fath <hauke@Espresso.Rhein-Neckar.DE>
From: Cameron Kaiser <spectre@stockholm.ptloma.edu>
List: port-mac68k
Date: 06/02/2002 06:14:19
> > handles RTS/CTS because it does it correctly with the modem). I've run
> > ttyflags on the port and bounced init, and I can log in fine, but there's
> > flow overruns all over the place. Suggestions? The entry in /etc/ttys is
> > 
> > tty00	"/usr/libexec/getty std.57600"	dumb on secure rtscts local

> The Macintosh DIN 8 connectors have only one handshake output line (HSKO)
> that can either be used for line control (DTR) or flow control (RTS).
> 
> The 'rtscts' on NetBSD/mac68k is a lie in that there is no 'rts'
> functionality, but 'dtr' flow control. Use 'dtrcts' in place of 'rtscts'
> and make sure you use a cable wired for hardware handshake (RTS shorted
> with DTR on the 25 pin connector, especially).

Oh, yes. Yep, I do remember now. Thanks :-)

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