I don't think so. I've got a mac IIx hooked up to a PS/2 25 (8086 :)) using
a mac serial to pc 25 pin + a null modem adaptor (+ a gender changer, 'cause
the PS/2 has the wrong gender) and it works just fine. Mind I'm only using
it as a serial console 'causethat's all the PS/2 is good for :). But I don't
see how ppp would be different hardware-wise. Ed
----- Original Message -----
From: Sean Murphy <sean@cbrmain.cbr.nrc.ca>
To: <port-mac68k@netbsd.org>
Sent: Friday, July 21, 2000 9:52 AM
Subject: Re: SE/30 serial port access


> I've got a similar question.  Right now I'm trying to hook my SE/30 up to
> my network through a serial link.  I've found a mac serial -> pc 25 pin
> cable and a null modem which I now have hooked between the SE/30 and my
> Pentium 166 linux computer.  I'm trying to set up a pppd link between them
> so I can get the SE/30 (running NetBSD1.4.2) onto my in-house network,
> even if it's only at 9600, until I manage to find an ethernet card for it.
>
> Here are the commands I'm running:
>
> on the server (linux box):
> pppd -detach crtscts local proxyarp 10.0.0.1:10.0.0.100 /dev/ttyS1 9600
>
> on the client (SE/30):
> pppd -detach crtscts local defaultroute 10.0.0.100:10.0.0.1 /dev/tty00
9600
>
> After about 30 seconds, both systems time out with:
>
> Using interface ppp0
> Connect: ppp0 <--> /dev/ttyS1
> LCP: timeout sending Config-Requests
> Connection terminated.
>
> Do I have to do something special to get the serial ports to talk to each
> other?
>
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> Sean Murphy
>  Unix Security Underling
>   Canadian Bioinformatics Resource
> ~~~~~~~~~~~~~
> perl - because life is too short to debug pointers and memory allocation
>
>