[LispM-Hackers] Keyboard problem

[John Morrison]

Hi;

John Leuner wrote:
> Write to serial port attached to something (another computer, or some other output device)?

Doh!  (Slap!)  Solves the logfile problem, too, doesn't it?  (It was
annoying getting only the last 25 lines or so on the VGA screen, and it
was ESPECIALLY annoying when I was debugging the "jump to protected
mode" stuff when I will admit the box kept resetting itself faster than
I could read.)

I found a funky looking cable with a DB-25 and a DB-9 (or whatever a PC
"COM" connector is) wired together at each end.  Weirdest cable I've
seen that *I* didn't make.  Hope the cable is either null-modemed (or
not) as is required.

I have RH7.2 (and Windows98) on the Guinea Pig PC box, so I guess I'll
try and make sure that things are electrically nice between the two
boxes.

We don't have "tip" any more these days, do we?  I guess I should use
minicom?  Is there a better choice?

I guess then I'll change the kprintf stuff to write to that serial
port.  Alastair, have you already "been there, done that" and have any
tips to share?

-jm

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