Subject: Re: 'cu' or 'tip' to Serial Port
To: Jenkins, Graham K \[IBM GSA\] <Graham.K.Jenkins@team.telstra.com>
From: Brian A. Seklecki <lavalamp@digitalfreaks.org>
List: port-i386
Date: 01/07/2002 00:46:16
...on sparc i do:

seriala:dv=/dev/ttya:br#9600:dc:
serialb:dv=/dev/ttyb:br#9600:dc:

...adjust for i386 devs, then:

$ sudo tip seriala

...of course, if your'e doing anything serious, you'll want to get ahold
of kermit or minicom...uucp's tip is a hack.

-lava

On Mon, 7 Jan 2002, Jenkins, Graham K [IBM GSA] wrote:

> Guys, I have an ancient 486 with a 25-pin Serial port - which I am using as
> a console device for a Sparc-10.
>
> But I'm not quite sure how to reference it ..
>
> e.g. cu -l /dev/tty00 -s 9600 ?
>        tip console ??
>
> or what?
>
> Can anybody assist please.
>
> G.
>
>

--Brian

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