At 09:55 AM 7/6/99 -0400, you wrote:
>On Tue, 6 Jul 1999, TAG wrote:
>>
>> Hi,
>>
>> I was following your discussion about dumb terminals. Can you perhaps
>> give info on how to actually connect it software wise - I have had a look
>> at the how-to for text terminals and it is too much for my knowledge to
>> handle.
>>
>
>>From what I know, all you have to do is hardware connect it, then add a
>line to /etc/inittab that says, "Hey, there's a terminal on port
>yaadayaada". My problem is that I'm lacking the hardware part!! :)
>
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>Michael B. Trausch
>President of Linux Operations, ADK Computers http://adk.hypermart.net/
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Hi Mike:
Two good sources for four port serial boards are at JDR microdevices
(www.jdr.com) and Jameco (www.jameco.com). In the neighborhood of $90. I
've had the JDR board in one of my boxes for over four years now without
any trouble running all four ports on separate IRQs.
Tom
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