On Tuesday, February 08, 2005, at 12:50PM, markzero <mark@darklogik.org> wrote:

>Hi.
>
>I've recently come into posession of a 7300 performa and naturally I
>want to put NetBSD on it. I have tried the system disk patch in order to
>get open firmware syncing properly but instead of the prompt I just get
>a blank screen.
>
>I'm assuming that it would be a lot easier to just hook
>up a serial console, unfortunately I don't have a vt100 laying around
>anywhere! However, I do have various PCs running FreeBSD so correct me
>if I'm wrong but couldn't I just set one of these up to act as a serial
>console?

Sure, to use a PC as a serial console, you just need a "null modem cable"...Generally, you'll use a regular Macintosh modem cable (DIN8 to SB25), a regular PC modem cable (DB9 to DB25), and a null modem adapter (DB-25 to DB25).

HTH,
Mike