Splitting serial cables ?

From: JF Mezei <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx>

> Is it possible to split a serial cable coming from an OPA0: to go to 2
> separate serial ports ? (not a switch, I want hardwired connections).

Of course, it is.

> Goal: have a node's OPA0: go to serial ports on 2 different machines so
> that no matter which node is up, I can always SET HOST/DTE from the
> running node to access the OPA0:

Oh. You want it to work, too? Then, no.

> And while I am at it, how about a 3 way ? Have OPA0: go to 2 serials
> ports as well as a true blue VT220 (actually, they are now yellowish :-)

First figure out what is supposed to happen to all the outputs you've
wired together, and who wins the arguments when one says "+12V" and
another says "-12V".

This is one of the reasons for which God created terminal servers.

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