Re: SRM troubles

[simon@cliffestones.demon.co.uk]

> One more idea - is it possible that the machine is set up to use a serial
> console?  Maybe that is supported under SRM and not AlphaBIOS, which is why
> the display worked under AlphaBIOS.  Mine was set to use the serial console
> when I got it.  I used a null modem cable between the XP1000 and a second
> machine and ran minicom on the second machine.  You could try that and see if
> you get anything in minicom when you power cycle it.

Is there an easy way to tell, if a serial cable is a null modem cable? We have serial cables at work and occasionally null modem cables are bought by mistake. Nobody seems to know how to tell which is which though.

Thanks

Simon.