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> When I switch on the Sun, I'm told that I should get some
> console output and then the usual ok> prompt. I actually
> get a lot of control characters and binary gibberish.
> 
> Where exactly do I start with troubleshooting? The cable
> doesn't seem to be at fault, so I'm assuming that the
> problem is software related.

It may have to do with flow control settings (should be 'none'), and do you
know for certain if the sun console is set to 9600?

I have good success with tip(1). It ships with the OS.

 $ tip -9600 tty00

DS

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