Note that you'll need a crossover rather than a straight through serial cable and probably a DB25 to DS9 adaptor, but once you get your hands on the cable this is a straightforward solution.
kmj On Wed, Jan 23, 2013 at 5:49 PM, Johan Hattne <jhat...@lbl.gov> wrote: > On 23 Jan 2013, at 16:07, Dave Roberts <drobe...@depauw.edu> wrote: > > > Anyway, we have an old Indigo SGI that runs our NMR. It's a console > only system, and we access it via the network from another old SGI (toaster > model - blue). The console does not have a video card (nor space for one), > so I can't plug in to it and see what's happening. > > > > Anyway, our network was recently updated, and in doing so it has made > access to our console system unavailable. We can't get there because the > IP's that used to be needed are no more. > > I'm not familiar with the Indigo, but I presume it has a serial port over > which you could log in to the machine. Connect the Indigo to an accessible > machine with a serial cable (you can even get serial/USB adapters that > sort-of work, too) and run something like minicom or screen. > > // Cheers; Johan > > > Postdoctoral Fellow @ Physical Biosciences Division > _______________________________________________________________ > Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory * 1 Cyclotron Rd. > Mail Stop 64R0121 * Berkeley, CA 94720-8118 * +1 (510) 495-8055 >
