Subject: Re: i386 Terminal doing Serial Console
To: Daniel Bolgheroni <dbolgheroni@uol.com.br>
From: Michael G. Schabert <mikeride@mac.com>
List: port-macppc
Date: 10/10/2003 02:37:04
At 12:50 AM +0000 10/10/03, Daniel Bolgheroni wrote:
>On Thursday 09 October 2003 21:08, John Klos wrote:
>> An ImageWriter or a LaserWriter cable should work if you're going from a
>> Mac to a Mac.
>
>Oh, I found this cable to do the serial console. It should work.
>
>http://dbolgheroni.sites.uol.com.br/macmac.jpg
This should be fine if you've got another Mac handy.
>
>> Certainly, if the cable was designed to connect a PC to a Mac. So long as
>> the cable is good, just turn off handshaking on the i386 and you should be
>> fine.
>
>I found this cable too. It's labeled as "external modem to Macintosh cable".
>Is it possible to do PC -> Mac serial console with it?
>
>http://dbolgheroni.sites.uol.com.br/pcmac.jpg
To use this one, you would also need a null modem adapter, which
should be available at the local computer store.
HTH
Mike
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