[plug] Sun kit for free

Andrew Francis lists at sullust.net
Sat May 4 00:35:03 WST 2002


On Fri, May 03, 2002 at 06:57:23PM +0800, Simon Fryer wrote:
> All Suns I have ever touched will talk RS232 or RS422 at 9600,8,n,1 out 
> of the first serial port as a console[1]. To force this you don't plug in a 
> keyboard. 
<<snip>> 
> [1] So does my Alpha, HP and Apollo's... I am still waiting for Poe Cee's to 
> catch up. 

I believe the higher end motherboards that Intel makes are capable
of giving you a serial console.

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