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From: burzio@mmlai.UUCP (Anthony Burzio)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.hp
Subject: Re: Serial Port ?
Summary: HP 9000 350 RS232
Keywords: HP 9000/3xx terminal
Message-ID: <433@mmlai.UUCP>
Date: 16 Oct 88 05:47:09 GMT
References: <1135@helios.ee.lbl.gov>
Organization: Martin Marietta Labs, Baltimore, MD
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In article <1135@helios.ee.lbl.gov>, super@ux1.lbl.gov (Michael Helm) writes:
> I decided to do something useful with the RS-232-type port
> on an HP-9000/3xx, & attach an old 2623a terminal to it.  
> Unfortunately...I can't quite get it to go.  I can cat files
> to the terminal, & sometimes a login: prompt is issued,
> but I can't login or proceed any further.

I recently hooked up a VT240 terminal to my 350SRX box using
the reconfig script that comes with HP-UX.  This is a lot cleaner
than all those UNIX indecipherables you mentioned (real op-sys'
poll their devices, one of my two *major* complaints with UN*X :-)
After a reboot to start the getty process, I got a login: on the
first try.  For the faint of heart, I found the HP-IB address for
the RS232 port is displayed during boot on the console, which beats
tearing the machine apart to see the address (big time yucch, the
only thing worse is that silly human interface loop)

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