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Re: Help with parallel



On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Ira Abramov wrote:

> On Wed, 14 Jun 1995, Ariel Hagai wrote:
> 
> > I have a linux-box (dx2) and an AT (it really is advanced technology!).
> > They are connected via lpt1 and I use llpro if I need to.
> > What I want to do is to have the old 286 as a terminal on the linux
> > box via the parallel port. I guess I can do it with some getty versions
> > but I dont know of a dos'ish comm prog that handles connections via
> > parallel and I'm not sure about how to setup the getty prog.
> pretty tricky on the 286's side... why not a comport?
> or... buy a used 386, and boot a minilinux, only for telneting over the
> PLIP line :-)
> 

Well, I did it before with serial line and it work (until today)
just fine (and fast !).

For the 286 - run kermit under dos (u can take it from 
ftp://noa.huji.ac.il not a big site - search it there
its the hebrew support version of kermit) connecting to
com1/2/3/4 speed 38400.

For the Linux machine - RTFM of /etc/inittab and put there
a line with agetty -L 38400 (not getty, also RTFM) connecting to 
the port u want to. After that u most run init 5 or reboot.
 
Sorry for not being more specific about inittab and agetty -
I have no linux machine next to right now.

The cable - simple DTE to DTE.

Mail me for more information.

Hope this help.

Bye.

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