Michael Polak wrote:
>
> I failed to setup serial connection between COMTOOL
> as terminal on DOS (HP-CX) side and MINICOM on Linux
> side (/dev/modem linking to /dev/ttyS1, where laplink
> is connected...)
Have you tried activating /dev/ttyS1 in
/etc/inittab ? In Slackware you do this
by removing the # in this line:
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# s2:12345:respawn:/sbin/agetty 19200 ttyS1 vt100
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Once this is done, you can use a terminal program
on the DOS side and log into Linux via /dev/ttyS1.
> Is it possible to setup PPP connection over standard
> HP-CX(LX) laplink cable ?
First, I suggest you establish a TCP/IP connection
using the ETHERSLIP packetdriver.
On DOS machine: 192.168.1.2
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
ethersl 0x60 4 0x3f8 57600 (for com1)
-or-
ethersl 0x60 3 0x2f8 57600 (for com2)
On Linux machine: 192.168.1.1
^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^
slattach -p slip -dvs 57600 /dev/ttyS1 &
ifconfig sl0 192.168.1.1 pointopoint 192.168.1.2
route add 192.168.1.2
> I am not sure if null-modem cable and laplink
> cables are the same, or not.
Same.
> Now I would like to start experimenting with getting online
> with stripped down version of Arachne running on HP-CX
> palmtop (1 MB RAM, XT-compatible, 8 Mhz, CGA card...), either
> against PPP server running on my Linux,
Once you have the SLIP TCP/IP connection between the palmtop
and the Linux machine, it can be routed to the PPP connection
via IP masquerading.
Cheers,
Steven
