Jeff Noxon wrote: > On Tue, Feb 24, 1998 at 06:17:28PM -0800, Jeff Alami wrote: > > Are there any information resources I can look at which will show > > instructions on setting up a multiport serial card with dumb terminals > > for Linux? > > All you really need to know is the name of the device. On the Cyclades > card, it's /dev/ttyC0..ttyC7 in the case of my 8-port card. A standard > serial port would be /dev/ttyS0 (equivalent to COM1: in DOS). Add an > entry to /etc/inittab for each terminal device, run "init q", and you're > basically done. > > Depending on what card you have and how the terminals are wired up, > you may have to deal with issues like hardware flow control. The getty > man page can help with that. In general it shouldn't be a problem to > run terminals without hardware flow control. > > What kind of terminals are you using, by the way? I assume you have > something standard like a VT100 clone.
Thanks for the information! So I know I can get Linux working. They are actually just simple VT100 clones, made by Data General a million years ago. We used to connect them to a Data General minicomputer system running VMS and TransSoft Business BASIC. We are currently using SCO UNIX because it also has TransSoft Business BASIC; but now that there are Business BASIC interpreters for Linux, I don't need SCO anymore. I am also having a look at the Serial-HOWTO; I didn't know it was so easy! Jeff Alami [EMAIL PROTECTED] -- TO UNSUBSCRIBE FROM THIS MAILING LIST: e-mail the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED] . Trouble? e-mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] .
