[SunRescue] Serial Port Pinouts

David L Kindred (Dave) rescue at sunhelp.org
Thu Apr 5 14:42:25 CDT 2001


Earlier today someone was asking about the pin-out for the combined A/B
serial ports. After deleting that message, I remembered the obvious
place to look for that information: www.sunhelp.org!!!  Specifically:

    <http://www.sunhelp.org/faq/sunref2.html>

In general, a "normal" cable will let you use the A-port.  You are
usually better off with the correct splitter though, as inadvertently
connecting strange things to the B-port can cause no end of grief.

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David L. Kindred                       <mailto:d.kindred at telesciences.com>
Unix Systems & Network Administrator   Telesciences, Inc.
Phone: +1 856 642 4184                 2000 Midlantic Drive, Suite 410
Fax: +1 856 866 0185                   Mount Laurel, NJ 08054 USA



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