[SunRescue] AW: SUN IPC refuses to start

[Mark Davies]

chris Gnther wrote:
> 
> Wow, I get crazy wuith this thinggi.
> 
> I now have a cable with a MINI-DIN-plug on one side and
> a normal RS232-plug (9 pins) on the other side. I too
> have a NULL-MOodem cable and a gender changer to stick
> these both together.
> 
> I ripped off the second frambuffer and the ISDN-card from
> my SUN and I unplugged the Keyboard and Monitor from it.
> I connected the SUN with my PC ser-port 1 and set my
> terminal-program to 9600N1 VT100.
> 
> BUT I STILL DON'T GET ANY RESPONSE FROM MY SUN IPC
> 
> Pleeeaase all you gurus out there help me.
> 
>         chris
> 


This may be completly off target here, and I cannot even
remeber if it aplied to RS/6000 or SUN 3/x

But I remeber, connecting a terminal and for the the first
part of the boot having to use 7 bit  / odd
Anyway, it was odd and I'm sure it was 7 bits, then when it
actually started loading, it changed to 8 bit / even.
I know this is a bit hazzy, but it's been so long I ever had
to set up a terminal, but this one does stay in my mind, as
I found it very strange indeed.

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