kbesrl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Thompson ) (10/15/90)
I want to use a PC on the terminal port (I don't know what exactly it is
called, but it is marked ---->) on the VAXstation 2000.
<----
What file in /dev am I supposed to use for this and what should be the entry
in /etc/ttys file?
Thanks.
-- sudhakarkrs0@GTE.COM (Rod Stephens) (10/16/90)
In article <1990Oct15.145415.6759@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu> kbesrl@ux1.cso.uiuc.edu (Jim Thompson ) writes: > >I want to use a PC on the terminal port (I don't know what exactly it is >called, but it is marked ---->) on the VAXstation 2000. > <---- > >What file in /dev am I supposed to use for this and what should be the entry >in /etc/ttys file? > >Thanks. >-- sudhakar I am using this port on a DECstation 3100 to write to a DECtalk application. I just dump text to it over an RS-232 cable. The same things should work for you (I think). I had to: 1. Create /dev/ttyd0. We just installed Ultrix 4.0 and this file did not come installed. After much digging we learned that you can move another tty file to this file so we moved tty00 to ttyd0. 2. Turn on the /etc/ttys entry. We configured it as a modem line looking for a VT240. It seemed to work so we didn't mess with it much. ttyd0 "/etc/getty std.9600" vt240 on shared secure 3. Restart init so it looks at the new ttys entry: # kill -HUP 1 Don't forget your null-modem cable. If I hook a VT240 to this port, it can log in as a normal terminal. Presumably the same will work for you. The DECstation 3100 also has a funny plug -- kind of like a lop-sided phone plug. We had to order: 10 feet of 6 conductor cable (to go into the plug), DEC part number BC16E-10/CAA, $6.00 MMJ to EIA female 25 pin adapter (to convert the 6 conductor cable to 25 pin), DEC part number H8575-A, $22.00(?) Good luck! +---------------------------------------------------------------+ | Rod Stephens | "Haven't I told you not to play | | GTE Laboratories, Inc | with my super-weapons? You might | | (617)466-4182 | devastate yourself!" | | krs0@gte.com | | +---------------------------------------------------------------+