french@batman.Berkeley.EDU (Stewart French - TI) (12/22/89)
Hi all, I have been considering the Next as my next computer. However, I do not want to get rid of my Macintosh or my old terminal. Is it possible to attach these to the Next through the two RS422 lines and run unix as if I were connected to any normal multi-user unix box? -Stewart french@mips.com
jpd00964@uxa.cso.uiuc.edu (12/23/89)
/* Written 12:00 pm Dec 21, 1989 by french@batman.Berkeley.EDU in uxa.cso.uiuc.edu:comp.sys.next */ /* ---------- "Terminals attached to Next?" ---------- */ >Hi all, > >I have been considering the Next as my next computer. However, I do not >want to get rid >of my Macintosh or my old terminal. Is it possible to attach these to >the Next through >the two RS422 lines and run unix as if I were connected to any normal >multi-user >unix box? It is very easy to do this, if you have super-user access. Edit the /etc/ttys file so the first two lines look something like this: ttya "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" unknown on secure ttyb "/usr/etc/getty std.9600" unknown on secure The ttya/b is the serial port. (ttyda is if you want to allow dial in). "/usr/etc/getty" is the program that allows log ins std.9600 is the baud rate. unknown is the terminal type on turns it on. off turns it off. secure allows super user acess from that port. To start up the terminal, you can either power the machine off and on again, or easier, in super user mode type "kill -HUP 1" 1 is the process of init. When you kill init by hang up (-HUP) it does not actually die, it just changes the active terminals to what the /etc/ttys file was changed to. Michael Rutman SoftMed