Re: serial console

["mick.crane" <mick.crane@gmail.com>]

On 2025-07-31 01:08, Steve Dondley wrote:
> > On Jul 30, 2025, at 7:59 PM, mick.crane <mick.crane@gmail.com> wrote:
> >
> > I've never really known what a serial console is.
> > Say in relation to a Raspberry Pi or Arduino
> > I assumed a serial console was a device with a screen and keyboard.
> > When people talk about a serial console they are talking about 
> > connecting a Debian PC to a device with a parallel, wired cable to a 
> > parallel port or an adaptor on a PC and emulating this console thing 
> > with software?
> > Like a telnet connection?
> > mick
>
> Serial means one bit after another. Console is an old school term for a 
> computer control panel on old mainframes. As those died out, the word 
> “console” morphed into meaning your display/keyboard/mouse which can 
> often be serial input/output devices. There are various ports for 
> connecting a serial device to a computer.
>
> If anyone is applying the term “serial” to a parallel port or a device 
> that has parallel output, that would seem wrong to me.

serial console/ parallel is likely me not understanding terminology.
These Raspberry Pis, Arduinos with the connection with all the pins, 
what protocol is that expecting?
mick