Re: Using Debian Linux for Dumb Terminals

[Jeff Alami <jalami@starcon.com>]

Jeff Noxon wrote:

> On Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 06:17:28PM -0800, Jeff Alami wrote:
> > Are there any information resources I can look at which will show
> > instructions on setting up a multiport serial card with dumb terminals
> > for Linux?
>
> All you really need to know is the name of the device.  On the Cyclades
> card, it's /dev/ttyC0..ttyC7 in the case of my 8-port card.  A standard
> serial port would be /dev/ttyS0 (equivalent to COM1: in DOS).  Add an
> entry to /etc/inittab for each terminal device, run "init q", and you're
> basically done.
>
> Depending on what card you have and how the terminals are wired up,
> you may have to deal with issues like hardware flow control.  The getty
> man page can help with that.  In general it shouldn't be a problem to
> run terminals without hardware flow control.
>
> What kind of terminals are you using, by the way?  I assume you have
> something standard like a VT100 clone.

Thanks for the information! So I know I can get Linux working. They are
actually just simple VT100 clones, made by Data General a million years
ago. We used to connect them to a Data General minicomputer system
running VMS and TransSoft Business BASIC. We are currently using SCO
UNIX because it also has TransSoft Business BASIC; but now that there
are Business BASIC interpreters for Linux, I don't need SCO anymore.

I am also having a look at the Serial-HOWTO; I didn't know it was so
easy!

Jeff Alami
jalami@starcon.com


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