"Joe Reid" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote: > I have a side question since I don't have $869 to plunk down for a > 170. Can someone explain how those ports get used?
These ports get exposed as device nodes in your $UTDEVROOT/dev/term directory on the Sun Ray server. Applications can open those devices and use them just as they would have used /dev/term/* on a workstation. > Can I plug my 170 > into the back of my ultra2 when it crashes and get to the OK prompt > like I'd plugged a laptop and null modem in? Not just like that, no. The 170 keyboard and screen don't interact locally with the serial ports. If your 170 is being controlled by a Sun Ray server then you could connect one of its serial ports to your Ultra 2 and run an app (say, 'tip') on the Sun Ray server and use that to drive your Ultra 2's serial console. Some of the kernel guys here do that; the Sun Ray on their desk is controlled by a production server and they run 'tip' on that server to connect through the Sun Ray to the serial console of a workstation where they're debugging a development kernel. > Also - any chance Sun is going to reduce the price of SunRay1's - $359 > is kind of expensive, thank god for ebay. Sorry, I have no idea. And if I did, I wouldn't be able to say anything about it anyway. OttoM. __ ottomeister Disclaimer: These are my opinions. I do not speak for my employer. -- ___________________________________________________ Play 100s of games for FREE! http://games.mail.com/ _______________________________________________ SunRay-Users mailing list [email protected] http://www.filibeto.org/mailman/listinfo/sunray-users
