On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:52:39 +1200 Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> Nick Rout wrote: > > >On Mon, 09 Aug 2004 16:27:41 +1200 > >Steve Holdoway <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > > > > > > > > > >>Like going back in time...! I've not got any tty43's left any more - > >>they were the best for this - with the system console on the serial port. > >> > >>Steve > >> > >> > > > >I've got a wyse 60 thats useful for that, but hey i don't have room for > >another screen at home. > > > >when i get round to it i must set up a serial tty console in inittab on > >my headless boxes so that I can plug into them through the > >laptop/minicom on those very odd occasions when the network seems to die. > >Much easier than a keyboard and screen. > > > > > > > tty43's were teletypes... IIRC Wyse 60 is a vt100 compatable CRT? > > Steve it is a CRT, and does a few emulations, probably including vt100, but yes u r right. teletypes, now those were the days (remembers the school computer and storing programs on paper tape). -- Nick Rout <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
