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- From: sphere@netcom.com (Sam Goldberger)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.next.misc
- Subject: Re: FAQs...where to find them
- Keywords: Answering a Bunch of Questions
- Message-ID: <+rynggd.sphere@netcom.com>
- Date: 14 Sep 92 15:31:20 GMT
- References: <1992Sep11.224100.4755@csus.edu> <1992Sep12.085935.1810@liveware.com>
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- > You could do hardware modification to the 030 board which
- > would isolate it enough to use only the cube as a power
- > supply, however you can not run two monochrome monitor heads
- > off the cube power supply.
-
- Actually, you can run two monitors without overloading the power supply.
-
- > In this case you would probably
- > want to first boot the 030 with a display head, set the boot
- > prom to boot off ttya, and attach an ascii terminal to that
- > serial port.
-
- This is a cheaper solution. Also, Ray Bloom of Marble has pointed out that
- you can attach a null modem cable to the serial ports of the two boards, open
- a getty on the remote, and then use a terminal window on the '040 side to
- monitor the remote. Neat idea.
-
- Sam Goldberger
- Spherical Solutions
- sphere@netcom.com
-