[geeks] NEEDED: terminal for my Suns...

[Sridhar Ayengar]

Charles Shannon Hendrix wrote:
>> I use a cisco 2509 (8 async ports) as console for 4 T105's (2 w/ FreeBSD 6.1,
>> 1 Solaris 8, 1 Solaris 10) and as console and LOM for a T1405 (4 processor and
> 
> Neat little box.
> 
> The only problem I see is finding cabling for them.  
> 
> The cable bundle costs as much as the unit on ebay, and that gives you
> RJ45 which you then have to convert to DB-25.
> 
> Still, it is a lot smaller than my Portmaster.
> 
> Does it work really well?
> 
> The Portmaster... I never was able to get it completely configured now
> I wanted. Always seemed to be something that wasn't quite right in the
> serial connections. Worked well enough to get work done, but only as a
> console.

I use a couple of DECserver 700-16s, myself.  You could always use a 
DECserver 900-32 and save a whole bunch of space.

Peace...  Sridhar