[rescue] Fw: Quick low-tech question (STOP-A)
Leslie Connally
lesliec at theplanet.com
Thu Nov 14 16:07:41 CST 2002
>If you boot the system with no framebuffer, but a Sun keyboard plugged in,
>OUTPUT will go to the serial terminal, and input will occur with the Sun
>keyboard. [1]
>
>Only the first two examples above are the "proper" way to do it. 8-)
>
>Bill
>
>[1] really, I had this happen on an Ultra 2 once. took me a minute to figure
> out what was going on..
This is actualy _quite_ handy, if you are hardware troubleshooting a sick
machine ,and needing STOP-A frequently.. (no STOP-A on a dumb terminal.. I
could never get terminal key combos to do it)
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