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Turning Your Mac Into a Serial Console Server
chrisbw writes "Want to put that old VT100 terminal to use? Mac OS X Hits has a story on how to make a couple simple changes in OS X to enable login on a serial terminal (even over a USB serial adapter if you're on a newer mac). Cool trick for adding a text-based web surfing or email terminal in another room, or remote iTunes control!"
for educational establishments instead of usimng big sparcs it could come in handy
What you are bidding on is my husband's collection of Generation 1 Transformers. His mother kept them in several boxes for him. They have been kept organized into 3 different boxes. The biggest box is the actual Transformers. Another small box is for the little guns, and other little nick-nacks that came with them. Another little box is for the instructions on all the Transformers, and their info-cards (red). These have been played with, but are in very good condition. Some are in little pieces in the bottom of the box. There are only a couple of little Transformers that might be broken, but the pieces are there. The big Transformers are in very good condition. The stickers are in fair to good condition. Some still have their stickers in the bag. There are so many pieces that it would take me weeks to figure out what transformer they all go to. There are literally hundreds of little pieces! My husband also doesn't remember what goes with who. I know some of their names such as: Optimus Prime, Jetfire, Galvatron, and I can't think of the others. There is also this parascope toy that really works. On it are several other little toys such as telescopes and a flashlight, and a whistle and a measuring tape. This is a very fun toy. The only thing missing is the battery cover. It may or may not be in the bottom of the box. I have not looked for it yet. There are 2 dino-bots, and there is that big walking dino-bot. There are a few planes, and there are a few "casettes". One or two of the casettes has missing parts, but they may be in the bottom of the boxes. It is possible that their are a lot more transformers (small ones) in the bottom of the 2 boxes in peices. If you would like for me to look for a specific Transformer, jut let me know and I will try to spot it. Just describe it for me. We have closed on our first home, and need to come up with funds to have a fence built for my sons new puppy. We are wanting to get rid of the things we don't use. Take advantage of this sale!
These toys are in very good condition. The ones that need batteries also still run. My husband always takes care of his things.
~~~Please check out our other items for auction, as I will also be selling his collection of comic books and other various items. I put it to him like this, "Which do you want more: A house? Or the things you never look at that you have forgot that you even have?" You know what his answer was, as you can see what we have for auction!! ~~~
My husband and I just bought our very first home. This is our dream home. Let me tell you our story. Everyone loves to hear a good story. After you read this, you will know that dreams do come true and that there really is a God!
After much discussion, my husband has agreed to sell some of his possessions as providing items for our new home is more important than keeping old toys.
I am originally from California. I am 30 years old-soon to be 31 in May. My husband (Jonathan) is 25-will be 26 in December. I have a 7-year-old son (Chris) from a previous marriage (my second marriage). My son will be 8 in October.
We have been living in an apartment for the last three years. Apartment living has been ok-we at least have a roof over our heads, beds to sleep in, food to eat, clothes to wear, and so on. We are very fortunate, grateful, and appreciative.
As I told you before, I have been married more than once. Three times to be exact. My first husband committed suicide only one year after we had been married. After my first husband died, I moved to West Virginia to be closer to my mother and sisters. Here is where I met my second husband. We were married a year later, and then we had a son. We had been married for 3 years when extra-marital circumstances arose from my spouse, and I had no choice but to divorce.
I was separated from my second husband for a year and a half when I met my third (and final) husband, Jonathan. My divorced had just been finalized.
Jonathan and I met in a very unusual manner: in an Internet chat room. Pict
is it that bad seein a hot chick again? if i see a hot chick walkin down the hall i dont say "repost"
I don't think OSX even runs on Macs that don't have USB (or can support a USB card.)
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Are you GAY ?
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If you answered "Yes" to any of the above questions, then GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) might be exactly what you've been looking for!
Join GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) today, and enjoy all the benefits of being a full-time GNAA member.
GNAA (GAY NIGGER ASSOCIATION OF AMERICA) is the fastest-growing GAY NIGGER community with THOUSANDS of members all over United States of America. You, too, can be a part of GNAA if you join today!
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(Nws4Turds) pocide
(Nws4Turds) i m teh luv j00!
(koft) yo, st0p b3ing teh gay
(koft) gh3y is teh sux0r
(pocide) i luv u 2 Nws4Turds !, lets felch!
(Nws4Turds) y3s!
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(koft) ph3lch is teh sux0r
(Nws4Turds) i like teh ph3lch
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(Nws4Turds) actually, i'm a straight honkey
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(Nws4Turds) i had sex this morning
(Nws4Turds) it felt good
(Nws4Turds) she came twice
After these statements i was threatened!
(pocide) k0ft: do not even attempt to fr0st
(pocide) not only will YFI but you'd be testin my gangsta and you don't wanna do that, oh no
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(koft) Damn, i didnt realize that apache and sendmail were part of IIS and exchange... You guys are leeter that i immagined...
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Truth: All GNAA members are white
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Yeah, at one time I got really excited about rigging up some cables to hook a VT220 up to my Linux box.
Problem is, there just isn't much point. Computers are *cheap* these days, and finding a used computer from the masses out there made in the last twenty years is easy. You can use any x86 box ever *made* as a good terminal emulator, and get color and other goodies the VT doesn't provide.
There are lots of terminal emulation programs, though if you have 4 MB of memory on the thing or more, I'd probably run Linux, which was originally a terminal emulator and still makes a darn good one. And if you just love the amber look of the VTs, you can theme your Linux terminal box using this relatively unknown program.
You also then get color, a nice big scrollback buffer, multiple virtual terminals per box. You don't have to hassle with weird cables -- a null modem cable is all it takes. You can put cast-off monitors of any size on the thing (and the move to LCDs is producing lots of excess CRTs...getting used 15 inchers for free is easy, and they're much nicer and larger than the VT100 screens, and don't have the annoying whine to them).
May we never see th
I just bought a second-hand iMac to replace the terminal next to my bed. I can now browse with Mozilla instead of Lynx, in bed, and have many good dreams afterwards :-)
-- Cheers!
Dear Apple:
I bought an Apple computer because of its native support for teledildonics. I bought a USB FUFME and MacOS immediately recognized it and installed drivers instantly! As a gay Catholic priest who often can't be at the altar all the time, you can understand how the ability to have sex with children whilst on the airplane with my Powerbook and wireless internet service is a lifesaver.
I just have a single question, will Apple be releasing a firewire version of the FUFME anytime soon?
With much gayness,
Father Michael "Arminass" Sims
Dear Father Sims
Thank you for your kind letter! Being a former Catholic priest myself, I know exactly what you are talking about! It has been our dream at Apple Computers ever since we began in the 80's to shape the homosexual experience with the ultimate computer.
I can answer your letter by saying that YES we will indeed be making a firewire version of the FUFME. With the additional bandwidth offered by the firewire bus, we will be able to more accurately record and deliver more minute and subtle movements that the USB FUFME simply couldnt support due to lack of bandwidth. You will be able to recognize our firewire FUFME in stores by the fancy holographic logo of a cock entering an Apple.
We are glad to help loyal customers such as yourself. If you ever have any more questions, feel free to drop a line (or connect to my teledildonic FUFME server on fufme://cockman.apple.com).
Hugh G. Cockman
President
Homosexual Liaison Services
Apple Computer, Inc.
Here's a thought. I could get an old iBook hooked up to a really nice stereo system through a USB converter, and set up this terminal thing, but is there a way to control it through a PDA that supports Wi-Fi, like the Tungsten W? Any terminal emulation software on those?
Because it would be nifty as hell to be able to control all 10GB's of my music through a nice little portable PDA acting as a sort of "remote". Anyone know of terminal emulation software for a Palm?
- Sherman
What's the point? This would've been interesting 10 years ago, but nowadays it's pointless.
You can get to your Mac console on ethernet via the firmware shell (I don't remember exactly how but it's there), so you don't need a serial console for that.
And as for surfing and listening to MP3s, I have Opera on my Zaurus with a wireless connection, talking to the SLiMP3 web server. From there I can control the music on ANY computer or SLiMP3 in the house (PS: the slimp3 software rocks and doesn't require the slimp3 device!). I even made a custom "theme" for the server pages that renders nice on the Z screen.
I can even stream music to my neighbor's PC and control the music from my Z. Now THAT'S a story!
If only the PC bios supported TCP/IP so I could safely reboot and upgrade FreeBSD PCs at work..... tell me how to do THAT (without a kvm).
You should be able to get abluetooth dongle that will allow remote control functionallity. www.macosxhints is the best place to start for any technical osx knowledge.
Finally, a reason to port Rogue to Mac OS X!
I don't mean to be a troll here, but I have to agree with other posters that, beyond saying "I can do that", there are limited uses for this outside of a server environment. And in the server environment, Apple has the XServe, which, IIRC, has a serial console port built in.
But you gotta love that someone has done it, I guess.
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OK, so the article tells us how to enable logins from a serial port. That's great, but that's really only 1/2 the battle.
For various reasons (mainly driver development in a cramped office), I like to run serial CONSOLES. This means I want to see the kernel messages on the serial port, not on a VGA monitor. This allows me to log all kernel messages, even messages from a machine which crashed (hence syslog is not running). Otherwise, its easy for important messages to scroll off screen and be lost when the system crashes.
When running linux, getting a serial console is as simple as passing some parameters to the kernel (console=ttyS0). Similar options exist for FreeBSD, Tru64, Solaris, etc. All of them will use a serial port for a console.
With OS-X, I've been able to enable some extra verbosity on the serial port, and I'm able to get
an openfirmware prompt on the serial port, but I can't figure out how to make the serial port the actual system console. I know it must be possible, because the X serves are supposed to be able to do it.
Does anybody know how to do this on a "normal" g4 with a serial port (g4port)??
this stuff gets a full web page these days. it used to be just man pages. not even man.cgi.
This might answer your questions (look at section 6):
http://www.netbsd.org/
Short answer:
setenv input-device ttya
setenv output-device ttya
You would have been better served by a laptop with pcimcia wifi.
Friends don't help friends install M$ junk.