Re: Serial console on IPX (Was: Sparc serial port pinout?)
On Sat, 6 Nov 1999, John Chapman wrote:
> On Sat, 6 Nov 1999 ferret@phonewave.net wrote:
> > >
> > > It would make the debugging job a whole lot easier to fire up the IPX with
> > > a head, if only to make sure it runs properly to begin with.
> >
> > Adding a head would put me back about $150 unless I could find a less
> > expensive supplier for the keyboard and video converters, and then I
> > wouldn't need serial console.
> >
> > Sun sells a ps2 keyboard and mouse converter for $75, and Blackbox has a
> > 13W3/VGA converter for about $45. I would love a head on this thing if it
> > wouldn't be quite so expensive.
>
> You can find used Sun keyboards--sometimes nearly brand-new--on eBay for
> US$25-40. You don't really need a mouse for the installation :-) And I
> think you can find the video converters for about half the Blackbox price,
> if you look around on the Net; I think I found one for $19 or so.
Am websearching again right now, have found some interesting other
components so far. :> Will get back on the search later.
If anyone's using a serial console on their Sparc (MD8 serial port) and
knows the manufacturer and part number for their cable, please post it?
-- Ferret no baka
>
> >
> > Oh, and I have no desk/counter/shelf space for a second keyboard and
> > mouse at this time.
> >
> >
> > However, I did finally chase up a pinout for the serial port, and I might
> > have ended up with either the wrong cable (might need a modem cable
> > instead of a printer cable) or I might need a straight instead of a null
> > modem cable. Unfortunately I wont be able to test any of those for the
> > next two or three days.
> >
> >
>
> It should work with a standard out-of-the-box null modem cable, since
> you're connecting to a terminal, rather than to a modem. I tested a few
> of Eric's installation disks this spring, using a DEC terminal and also
> using a minicom session on an i386 Linux box, and they worked quite well--
> at any rate, some of them did--on an SS2, which is very similar to an IPX.
> You may need the "official" IPX serial port cable, though; it's been
> several months, and I haven't got the machine here at work to check, so I
> don't quite remember.
>
> Best wishes!
>
> John Chapman hannes@eskimo.com hannes@pop.nwnexus.com
>
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