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From: vandry@CAM.ORG (Phillip Vandry)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.apple2.gno
Subject: Re: Terminal off Printer Port (AGAIN!)
Date: 19 Nov 1993 13:18:47 -0500
Organization: Champlain Regional College, St. Lambert QC CANADA
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dmz@cco.caltech.edu (Daniel Zimmerman) writes:

>tell me exactly what I need to do to get GNO to recognize a terminal hooked
>up to the IIGS printer port?? I already have it set up for multi-user mode,

You want to run a getty over the printer port. Add this line to /etc/inittab:

pp:23478:rest::/usr/sbin/getty 8bit.xxxx .ttyb

Where xxxx is the speed. Remove 78 from 23478 if you want to run it only in
multiuser mode.

For your changes to take effect, type init q.

>but I don't know what kind of cable I need to hook up the terminal (null
>modem? Anything like that?) and I don't know how to set up GNO to work with

You need a mini din 8 to DB25 printer cable. Connect this cable to the port
on the terminal that would normally connect to a modem.

-Phil