[PLUG] Sparc 20 Console
todd.sarratt
todd.sarratt at attbi.com
Sun Sep 8 01:56:18 UTC 2002
Caveat : I am a computer idiot. But I can troubleshoot the bejesus out of a T1.
Got me a Sparc 20 with no keyboard / monitor / etc. It's got a CD-ROM. I bought it out of the back of a van, or something.
Looking at the back on the CPU (from left to right) there's a power switch and some power connections. A stamp of serial numbers .
Then the top row has a blank space with a filler plate. Next slot has what looks like a parallel port with a symbol over it that's a diamond with a line coming out of the east side (or 0 deg on a cartesian plane etc.) Next to that is a RJ-45 plug labelled TP <...> with the dots being vertically centered. Next slot is empty with a filler plate.
Middle row has three empty slots, one is covered with a plate and the other two are gaping dust sucking holes.
Bottom row has a funky port with pins and what look almost like small RCA connectors. That's the video? Labelled |O|
Next to that is a 25 pin female serial connector labelled A/B. Next to that is a circular 8 pin female labelled | | | |.
2nd card slot has two female ports stacked atop each other, they're thin like USB ports but with 30 or so square holes each. Labelled // / <...> Next port is an RJ45 labelled <...>
Third slot looks like another parallel port and has that diamond with a line label. Next to that are 4 headphone jack type connections.
(P.S. Taking donations for a digital camera.)
So the real meat here : I want to console into the beast.
How do I console into it? I got a Windows box which I figure I'll run Hyperterm or something off COM1 and hook a 9 pin female connector into the port labelled |O|O| A/1. The other end of the cable goes into... the A/B slot on the Sparc? Straight serial or null modem?
I spent about an hour searching through Google newsgroups and finding conflicting or unhelpful info.
Thanks!
Todd
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