How do I use a Windows PC for a Sun serial console?
Wire up a serial cable from the Sun's serial cable to one of the PC serialports. PC serial ports are usually (but not always) DB9 (9-pin), while Sun
serial console ports are usually (but not always) 25-pin (DB25). You
generally need to connect them through a "null modem adapter".
For more information on serial ports, see Celeste Stokeley's
UNIX serial port resources page, at
http://www.stokely.com/unix.serial.port.resources/
The next problem is that the version of Hyperterminal which comes with some
versions of Windows cannot generate a BREAK signal. You can obtain a new
version of Hyperterminal from
http://www.hilgraeve.com/htpe/index.html
There are many free alternative terminal programs. Special mention should
be made of TeraTerm:
http://hp.vector.co.jp/authors/VA002416/teraterm.html
which is also available (as TTSSH) with SSH support, at:
http://www.zip.com.au/~roca/ttssh.html
Thanks to Harvey Wamboldt
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