Subject: Re: getting Serial Console on an 8600
To: None <port-macppc@NetBSD.org>
From: None <jb13@gomerbud.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 07/05/2004 05:23:09
On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 03:27:32PM -0400, Brian Hechinger wrote:
> On Fri, Jul 02, 2004 at 11:43:47AM -0700, Paul Frommeyer wrote:
> > 
> > That does sound like a settings mismatch. However, in two very rare cases,
> > one with a Telebit Trailblazer modem and the other with the aforementioned
> > Quadra 800, I've seen this behavior as a result of TxD and RxD being the
> > wrong way 'round. There is also the remote possibility that the ground
> > circuit is not complete; that could also cause what you're seeing.
> > FWIW,
> 
> the connectors look a little dirty, i'll have to try cleaning them, since:
> 
> (/root/) C-Kermit>set line /dev/tty00
> (/root/) C-Kermit>set serial 8N1
> (/root/) C-Kermit>set speed 38400
> /dev/tty00, 38400 bps

My 8500 & 9500 default to 9600/8N1 on the modem port ( ttya )

jb13