At 11:07 -0700 1/9/04, Sean Brown wrote: >Ok i found a cable here from when my dad worked on macs, and if i remember >correctly it was to attach to a hayes 28.8 modem from an SE and SE/30. When i >fired up ZTerm, it said, Unable to open Serial port, please choose another >port., and it did the same choosing the printer port.
That does not sound like the cable but be sure you have a cable designed for a modem and not for a printer anyway. (Well, I suppose the Sun might look like a printer in which case that should be reversed. But Sun was pretty good about standards.) Be sure AppleTalk is turned off to try the printer port. Control panels Be sure there is no other stuff operating - like a FAX program - which can take over the modem port. Try it with a modem - or nothing - connected. Zterm may be testing with an "AT" command which you don't want to do. Don't attempt a dial up connection. Just hit a return and remember that UNIX needs a line feed "0A" rather than a Mac carriage return "0D". I used Synergy Software's Versaterm for just what you're trying to do and it truly understood UNIX'y machines. It's no longer maintained, but it did provide better error messages. -- --> The best programming tool is a soldering iron <-- -- Compact Macs is sponsored by <http://lowendmac.com/>. Support Low End Mac <http://lowendmac.com/lists/support.html> Compact Macs list info: <http://lowendmac.com/lists/compact.shtml> --> AOL users, remove "mailto:"; Send list messages to: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To unsubscribe, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> For digest mode, email: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subscription questions: <mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Archive:<http://www.mail-archive.com/compact.macs%40mail.maclaunch.com/> --------------------------------------------------------------- >The Think Different Store http://www.ThinkDifferentStore.com ---------------------------------------------------------------
