> What I understand now is that the 90L+ is "single-ended" device that
>expects some server-thingy / software on the other end of the Thinwire...?
I think that sums it up pretty nicely. The 90L+ is nice becuase it's able to function as soon as you power it up (some DECservers such as the 200 require the program to be loaded from a remote host before they'll work). It sucks becuase it can't do reverse LAT (aka act as a console server, which seems to be what you want), or Telnet.
BTW, you might look into console server software. If you can come up with a Unix box with multiple serial ports, that might actually be your best bet (I've got a 16-port adapter for one of my Sparcs for just this sort of use).
Zane
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