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On Fri, Dec 09, 2005 at 06:13:45AM +0800, James Taylor wrote:
> Hi there,
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> Can someone give me a working pinout (MiniDIN8 to DB9 Serial) to suit
> console on a mac? I'm trying to
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> Load netbsd on my mac and console via pc.

Get a Mac modem cable and then get a laplink cable for PC.

> I've tried a null modem cable, straight thru modem cable with and without
> dtr and im out of ideas, the screen
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> Turns black indicating ive put it into openfirmware mode - but then nothi=
ng!

Do you have the right baud rate selected?

Also, set the PC's terminal emulator to "local" mode. For a real modem,=20
the open() rotuine waits for Carrier Detect. But for what you want to do,=
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CD may never get asserted.

Take care,

Bill

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