Subject: Re: MicroVAX serial ports
To: None <port-vax@netbsd.org>
From: Andy Ball <ball@cyberspace.org>
List: port-vax
Date: 07/18/2002 03:06:09
From kb9ylw Thu Jul 18 03:03:14 2002
Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 03:03:12 -0400
From: Andy Ball <kb9ylw@cyberspace.org>
Message-Id: <200207180703.DAA15891@grex.cyberspace.org>
To: ball@cyberspace.org


Hello Michael,

  MK> I think every VAXstation has 4 serial ports. One for keyboard,
    > one for mouse, 2 "official" serial ports, where one is the
    > serial console, if you don't use keyboard/mouse/monitor.

Sounds good.  Now I just have to find some MicroVAXen and install
NetBSD.

  MK> ...As i remember special NetBSD versions, which had tty00 and
    > tty01 enabled in /etc/ttys and so mangling kbd/mouse, it has
    > support for those ports.

Is it still a special version, or just a particular kernel config
(and perhaps device files)?

Regards,
  - Andy Ball.