Re: Newbie - help!! unable to boot ss20 - no power light but fansrunning, disk humming...long and detailed post.

#1 (**permalink**) 01-16-2008, 11:32 AM

On Thu, 21 Jun 2007 14:34:28 -0000
redpanda05@gmail.com wrote:

> On Jun 20, 12:57 pm, Bruce Esquibel <b...@e4500.ripco.com> wrote:
> > redpand...@gmail.com wrote:
> >
> > : As for making a serial connection to another machine... I have
> > the : cables that would allow a serial connection to a Mac running
> > OS X. : Any idea if that would work? Otherwise, I'd have to
> > scrounge for a : cable to connect to my O2. Have you heard of
> > anyone using a mac for : this purpose before?
> >
> > Hmm, unless it's a really old Mac, there hasn't been a serial port
> > on one in years. The other problem is, the serial ports were not
> > RS232 anyway, could be used as such if the cable was wired a
> > certain way though. Plus I'm not sure OSX has or had serial
> > drivers, since few machines had serial ports and none had them
> > after a certain point. OS9 and like Zterm would work, I've done
> > that before on a G3 and a SS20.
> >
> > Point is, it could confuse things.
> >
> > You don't have an old laptop or "anything else" ? Even a dinasour
> > 386 desktop would probably be a better bet.
> >
> > -bruce
> > b...@ripco.com
>
> I have the ss20 sitting on my desktop here at work, as I have very
> little time for any hobby stuff at home these days. I can and will
> try setting up a serial connection to one of my PC machines here.
>
> Since I've never done this before - On a PC system running XP-SP2,
> I've created a network connection that will use COM1 for the
> communication via direct SLIP connection. I've set the connection
> speed to 9600. Do I need to enable hardware flow control, "modem"
> error correction, or "modem" compression? I've also checked the box
> to show a terminal window during connection. Once the connection is
> made, do I need to do anything else to see what is happening on the
> ss20? (Open a command prompt and enter telnet?) I'm asking because it
> appears that the connection terminal window might disappear upon
> connection. So far I've only tried this with a bad cable - need to
> run to the store during lunch to get either a null modem adapter or
> cable...
>
> For my mac - it is a B/W G3, and I've had success making a serial
> connection to a hardware key using a keyspan USB-Serial converter.
>
> Thanks for all the suggestions!!
>
> -RP
>
Hi
I use teraterm from
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html which works fine
in xp.

Alt-b sends a break so you can get to the ok prompt.

Only thing is make sure you use the disconnect option on the menu
before removing the cable as you may cause an accidental reboot....

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