On Mon, Apr 16, 2007 at 07:34:26PM +0100, Stephen Nelson-Smith wrote:
>  In the past I have used RJ45 cables
> (not twisted) between RJ45-DB9 / DB25 convertors for accessing Sun
> machines, but this appeared not to work with the O2.

You will need a standard (twisted) null modem DB9 cable.

> Furthermore, my current laptop doesn't seem to have a serial port (IBM
> Thinkpad T41) - it has a parallel port.  Are there convertors? Or
> USB-Serial devices?

There are usb<->serial dongles, most of which "just work" with NetBSD.

Sorry, I don't know about magic key strokes, but I'm sure there are some
(and google should find them)

Martin