Re: Debian + PC with multi RS... port -> n x (text dumb terminal + printer)
Ah OK, _thank_you_ again... I do this once in a while with an old 286
PC... my last question was related mainly to the 'printer' side of the
couple... I mean: _supposing_ that it is possible to have terminal+printer
on the same serial line (I still hope to get answers to the original 3
questions here), would your software - C programs, perl script... - still
manage a bare printer as they do for stdout/curses or would one have to
open a peculiar _serial_ device and send escape codes to switch from the
display to the printer or do other such ugly things?
Nicola Bernardelli <nbern@mail.protos.it>
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On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Nicola Bernardelli wrote:
> 1) What serial devices allow longer cables than RS232 without use
> of modems (say 10-100-200 meters)?
> 2) Are there multi port cards of that kind which run well with
> Debian? Any brandname + model?
> 3) What if the text dumb terminals connected to a Linux Box also need
> a printer each (or almost any of them)? Is it possible that
> data is sent to the printer and terminal via the same line?
> Brandname + model?
>
> Thanks to anyone willing to give a clue.
On Wed, 10 Sep 1997, Joey Hess wrote:
> Nicola Bernardelli wrote:
> > So I add one more question: from a software point of view, how would
> > such a terminal+printer couple (if possible) get managed? Just something
> > to say to the OS?
>
> The way you set it up is you edit /etc/inittab and add a line similar to:
>
> S:23:respawn:/sbin/getty 19200 ttyS3
>
> ZThis has init run a login program on the serial port. From that point on,
> it's as if you were sitting in front of the main machine, you can do all the
> things you'd expect to be able to do at a shell prompt.
>
> --
> see shy jo
>
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