On Thu, 14 Dec 2000, Martin Michlmayr wrote: > I recently got a DECstation 5000/125 and I'm trying to get Linux to run. > I'm using minicom and while I get output from the machine, I can not > type anything on the prom. When I power the machine on, I get: Due to historic reasons (DEC 6-pin MMJ connectors) DECstation firmware only use DTR/DSR hw handshaking on their serial consoles. You may either change the wiring (not recommended), use XON/XOFF handshaking or disable handhaking altogether when talking to the firmware. -- + Maciej W. Rozycki, Technical University of Gdansk, Poland + +--------------------------------------------------------------+ + e-mail: macro@ds2.pg.gda.pl, PGP key available +
