[Info-vax] USB/DB9 terminal converter for RX2660

[Jan-Erik Soderholm]

Den 2016-06-03 kl. 17:08, skrev VAXman- at SendSpamHere.ORG:
> In article <nirvbt$b0u$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>
>>> In article <nirchj$5u7$1 at news.albasani.net>, Jan-Erik Soderholm
>>> <jan-erik.soderholm at telia.com> writes:
>>>> Den 2016-06-03 kl. 05:06, skrev Steven Schweda:
>>>>>> I'm not 100% sure what you are trying, [...]
>>>>>
>>>>> I'm with him.  Around here, most of the simple-minded (serial)
>>>>> system consoles (HP PA-RISC workstation, HP zx2000, Sun workstation,
>>>>> VAX, XP1000, ...) are connected to DECserver terminal server ports,
>>>>> which can be reached by LAT from my main Alpha system.  (I haven't
>>>>> tried it, but I suspect that I could arrange to use Telnet for that
>>>>> part, too.)
>>>>
>>>> Yes, if you have a DECserver new enough to have TCPIP. You do not say,
>>>> and I don't going to guess, but if it has TCPIP you simply connect to
>>>> the IP address of the server and to the IP port number of the actual
>>>> serial port.
>>>
>>> Why TCP/IP?  I connect to services from linhx via LAT.  There's LAT
>>> available for linux; I've not bothered looking into it for Mac as there
>>> are already way too many problems in Mac OSX -- especially, el crapitan
>>> -- to bother.
>>>
>>
>>
>> Why TCP/IP instead of LAT? Is that a joke? Do I realy need to
>> tell *you* that? But OK, for everyone else then...
>>
>> - LAT is not routable. You are restricted to the local LAN (subnet).
>> - PuTTY (and many other emulators) does not support LAT.
>> - You will probably find TCP/IP by default on more (client) platforms.
>>
>> Both the first and the second are enough as show-stoppers, of course.
>
> Right and I prefer that my consoles are accessible from the internet.
>
>

Of course, agree with you there. Why should one to move to where the
sever is located? That seems so very 80s...