adding a PC as a TTY

[scw at ollie.SEAS.UCLA.EDU]

In article <cm4341w164w at scona> root at scona.UUCP (Corey Wirun) writes:
>Is there something I'm missing here.....
>
>a null modem cable by takinga regular modem cable and switching just
>pins #2-3 (i.e. 2->3, 3->2). I def'd a tty at 9600 baud and set it to
>enable logins. When I try to get onto the RS on the PC using kermit, I
>can't for the life of me get a login banner. There is a getty running
>on the RS, but it has a '?' on it for the tty under 'ps -e'. 


Looks kind of like you're no raising CD (pin 8) try swaping pin 8 and 20
(dtr->CD) so that when Kermit accesses the line, the RS/6000 will see a
'Carrier'.
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