Re: serial to IP adapter?

"..I'd rather be coding ASM!" <[email protected]> Wed, 5 Aug 2009 03:53:21 +0300 (EEST)
Newsgroups gmane.os.netbsd.ports.cobalt
Message-ID <[email protected]>
What about some old DECServer 200MC's? MOP boot them and they should give 
you 8x serial ports, or some multi-port stallion card with minicom 
sessions that have separate config files pointing to various ttySx's?

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On Tue, 4 Aug 2009, Brian wrote:

>
> On Aug 4, 2009, at 8:23 PM, Mike Hebel wrote:
>> On Aug 4, 2009, at 6:04 PM 8/4/09, Brian wrote:
>>> Does anyone have recommendations for inexpensive  IP/ serial adapters that 
>>> would work to troubleshoot occasional boot issues?  A way to put some old 
>>> Cisco gear to use perhaps, although I do not see any way to do that at the 
>>> moment-
>> The cheapest commercial ones I've ever seen out there are about $80 and 
>> from a company called Sena.  Google for "LS100 Sena".
>> You might find a better deal on E-Bay for a Lantronix box or a Portmaster 
>> 25 box for considerably less.
>> --
>> Mike
>
> thanks!
>
> I've been looking for ways to set this up with virtual comm ports on a unix 
> box, too :  )  (there seems to be a payware Windows solution for this as 
> well).
>
> Brian
>