PowerMac 7200/75 and "Open Firmware"

From: Christopher Smith <csmith_at_amdocs.com>
Date: Thu May 2 11:45:58 2002

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Jeff Hellige [mailto:jhellige_at_earthlink.net]

> According to this link, it states that OF on the 7200 doesn't
> drive the display and that a serial cable must be constructed to
> access it by terminal. It doesn't give specifics on the connection
> though.

I have such a cable. As I said, it hooks a terminal into a SPARC,
with the same kind of port, perfectly well. For some reason I still
can't get OF to talk to me on the terminal (either with or without a
null-modem).

Chris

Christopher Smith, Perl Developer
Amdocs - Champaign, IL

/usr/bin/perl -e '
print((~"\x95\xc4\xe3"^"Just Another Perl Hacker.")."\x08!\n");
'
 
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