On Jan 5, 2005, at 6:30 AM, MATTHIS ROUCH wrote:

> Ok, the ones on the SS5 are the XXL version which look like parallel 
> ports on PCs.  Which confirms that I have no serial-to-usb cable 
> unfortunately.

It would help if you said what, if any, "other machine" you have.

For instance, my NetBSD/SPARC machine (SPARCserver 20) has no
head, it's connected as a serial console.  My PowerBook doesn't
have a "serial port", but it's connected to the SPARCserver 20's
console port.  How?  Via a Keyspan USA-28X USB Twin Serial Adapter:

http://www.keyspan.com/products/usb/USA28x/

If your "other machine" is a Linux PC, the Keyspan supports
Linux (but not NetBSD/i386) as well ...

	- Greg