[NCSA-discuss] SCO nfs

[Brian McCullough]

On Sun, May 06, 2012 at 02:44:54AM -0700, Joseph Mack NA3T wrote:
> On Sat, 5 May 2012, Steve Wolfe wrote:
> 
> >..  I am uncertain how serial terminals would run
> 
> I take it you're talking about the multiport serial card in 
> the SCO box, with a cable coming out of it as thick as your 
> thumb, that talks to the various Wyse terminals (at people's 
> desks (all looking like emulators running inside W95).
> 
> Brad suggested the serial card might be doing SLIP. I have 
> no idea what it's doing. I've only done SLIP over a phone 
> line before PPP. This was SLIP inside TCPIP. I don't know 
> what SLIP between terminals looks like.

No, I very much doubt that SLIP would be used for terminals.

That should be straight RS-232 ( short-haul ) communications.  Minicom
in Linux is an appropriate tool there, and it should be talking VT-100
or similar protocols.


Brian