[SunRescue] Funkiness in Sparc serial consoles using vt100

[James Fogg]

sorry, no help on solaris on your platform.

But I can tell you that mismatched rs232 params will give junko characters.

If you get most of your text, your speed is probably correct.
try 9600/8/someparity/1  (technically, parity requires 9600/7/parity/1) or
9600/7/someparity/1
its not likely that more than 1 stop bit is required.
Most parity options are even or odd. Some other choices
are mark and space.
You can also try 9600/7/n/1, but its not likely.

As for why the mismatch? It might be termcap or it might be the O/S default for
that platform. No idea.


On Tue, 01 May 2001, THOU SPAKE:
> I am running into a small problem on a Sparc Classic using a vt100
> terminal (a real DEC VT420 in vt100 mode that works fine on VAXentoyz)
> in that it has a propensity to add things like vertical bars and the
> silly DEC ? chars (null?).  The thing is set 9600/8/n/1, and it works
> fine on my SS10 running NetBSD or OpenBSD, but, on the Classic it
> spits those chars.  Slowlaris 8 did fine on it in vt100 mode, serially,
> and a sun monitor/keyboard works fine on it.  It is something minor,
> but annoying.  Is there anything peculiar about Sparc Classic serial
> ports?  Could it be a bum termcap or .profile entry or such?  Is it
> more likely a DEC/Sun inconsistency in RS232?  I am beginning to pine
> for a dumb Televideo 920, or somesuch Wyse thingie, maybe....(:+{{.
> 
> Any thoughts or suggestions are appreciated.
> 
> Thanks
> 
> Bob
> 
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