>I recently was given a DEC VT-320-C2 with keyboard and would like some
>pointers on how to hook this up to my Linux machines. Can anyone help??
Get yourself an appropriate null-modem serial cable, and connect the
VT320 to your Linux box. Next, add a line to /etc/inittab to spawn a
getty to the appropriate serial port. There a several different types
of getty, so you may need to modify the line below, but something like
the following should work:
S1:2345:respawn:/sbin/uugetty ttyS1 DT19200
This tells init(8) to respawn a uugetty process to /dev/ttyS1 using the
DT19200 entry in /etc/gettydefs for line settings, at run levels 2, 3,
4 and 5. See inittab(5) and gettydefs(5) for more details.
Once you/ve modified /etc/inittab, you need to run "init q" to tell
init(8) to reread /etc/inittab.
Then, simply switch on the VT320, set it to an appropriate baud rate
(i.e., matching the rate in /etc/gettydefs), hit return and you should
get a login prompt. If you get garbage on the screen, you've probably
got a baud rate mismatch. Go into the VT320 setup screen and modify
the settings.
Tet
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