On Tue, 29 Feb 2000, John A. Maier wrote:

> I opened it up, the CPU board was slightly unseated, blew off the memory   
> chips (5 8Megs=40Megs)
> and turned it on.  Attached to the port label 3, I attached a terminal.   
>  The cable was being used, activly, from a PC to a modem, so it's okay.   
>  The terminal was being used on my phone system, so it should be okay.  I   
> hooked up a diagnosics light block, and the light look okay.
> 
> Serial comm was my job for 3 years, I'm fairly sure I have it hooked up   
> right.
> 
> Nothing.  Since I don't have the jack for the 15pin keyboard and I need   
> to get a cable for the video, this serial port is all that is hooked up.
> 
> I noticed the red diagnostics lights on the back, they go through there   
> dance and settle on
> 0011 1011 (0=off 1=on) looking directly at the back of the box, any clue?
>
> The two green lights on the CPU board are on.
> 
> I even went as far as reset the NVROM as outlined in the FAQ.
> 
> am I missing something or am I screwed?

Did you try it with Kermit with a .kermrc like

set carrier-watch off
set line /dev/ttyS1
set speed 9600
set modem hayes
set prompt Kermit@\v(host)>
set flow xon/xoff

Regards,
Richard