On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Jeffrey Ohlmann wrote:
> I'm very interested in this idea.  However, I have two questions:
> 
> 1. getty: on or off in etc/ttys for the port in question (tty00/01)?

Depends :) You can configure it either way... What I did was enable getty
on the port and created a user that would start pppd upon login. That way,
I could either connect with a terminal program, login with my usual login
and get a shell, or I could connect with PPP, login with the special PPP
login and get a PPP connection.

If you don't have getty running, you'll need to have pppd running on the
port directly.

> 2. null modem: I have never seen a null modem for DIN8, so my guess is that
> I'll need two DIN8-to-DB25 cables (male-to-male) and a female-to-female null
> modem.  Is this correct?

That should work, but an ImageWriter II printer cable will work too.
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