Re: 425t serial console

[email protected] wrote:

> > Should I obtain RGB cable and the HIL keyboard first?
> > Please help someone.
> 
> Hmm, older hp300s has a switch to set the console to the serial port  
> ( they called that 'remote mode' for some reason ) - no idea if the  
> newer ones switch automatically if there's no keyboard attached. It  
> might be worth the trouble to look at the mainboard, maybe there's a  
> switch or a jumper to set the default, otherwise you'll need a HIL  
> keyboard and either use the config menu or hold down the R key during  
> power up.

The full instructions are here:
http://www.NetBSD.org/ports/hp300/faq.html#serialconsole400
but I don't know if there is another way to setup serial console
without a HIL keyboard.

If you really want it, I can send one of mine to you.

> Depending which graphics board you have the RGB cable is probably  
> trivial - if it has only 3 BNC connectors that's red, green and blue  
> with sync on green, you can feed that directly to any halfway modern  
> monitor that understands sync on green.

Yes, I use a 5-BNC <-> Dsub15 cable for 425t with catseye
(two sync connectors are unpluged), but I'm afraid there are
few modern LCD displays which support sync-on-green.
(that's a reason why I still keep a heavy Nanao's CRT..)
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Izumi Tsutsui