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Newsgroups: comp.os.386bsd.questions From: mark@kram.org (Mark Turner) Path: sserve!newshost.anu.edu.au!munnari.oz.au!spool.mu.edu!agate!howland.reston.ans.net!noc.near.net!uunet!pipex!bnr.co.uk!demon!clio.kram.org!mark Subject: Re: Attaching a terminal to a PC Organization: Kram References: <1993May2.025707.28213@oz.plymouth.edu> <C6tsru.FIK@kram.org> <C6v2v8.Bnt@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> Date: Sun, 16 May 1993 22:00:58 +0000 Message-ID: <C753to.78@kram.org> Sender: usenet@demon.co.uk Lines: 26 In article <C6v2v8.Bnt@sugar.NeoSoft.COM> peter@NeoSoft.com (Peter da Silva) writes: >In article <C6tsru.FIK@kram.org> mark@kram.org (Mark Turner) writes: >> I use a DOS notebook connected to my 386bsd box, it *almost* works >> reliably. The problem is that whenever I switch off the notebook the >> unix box reboots! Anybody know where I should start looking for the >> solution, we're baffled here. > >Have you tried replacing the serial card? > >Seriously. I had a problem where my PC running System V would reboot whenever >I power cycled the printer. Turned out to be a bad card. :) :) :) :) Thanks very much. It did turn out to be the serial card. I've put the old one back in and that works a treat. I've got two of the old sort and two of the new sort. Both old work fine (twin real 16550), both new don't (twin pretend 16550 on a surface mount thingy). Cheers, Mark. -- /\/\ark Turner Demon Systems / Demon Internet Home: mt@kram.org (PGP key available) 42 Hendon Lane, London Office: mark@demon.co.uk (+44 81 3490063) N3 1TT, England *** IP level dialup Internet connectivity for a tenner a month! ***