Subject: Re: i386 Terminal doing Serial Console
To: Daniel Bolgheroni <dbolgheroni@uol.com.br>
From: John Klos <john@sixgirls.org>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/09/2003 17:08:16
Hi,

> I need to do a serial console to some macppc machines to install NetBSD. But I
> can't find the cable needed to do such a thing, a mini-DIN 8 male on both
> sides.

An ImageWriter or a LaserWriter cable should work if you're going from a
Mac to a Mac.

> Is it possible to do a serial console using a i386 machine as a terminal, to
> connect to a macppc (or even mac68k) machine using a program such as minicom?
>
> I'm asking because I found a DB9 female/mini-DIN 8 male cable. Is it possible
> to do this with this cable?

Certainly, if the cable was designed to connect a PC to a Mac. So long as
the cable is good, just turn off handshaking on the i386 and you should be
fine.

John Klos
Sixgirls Computing Labs