Re: Splitting serial cables ?

You can buy a DECSERVER 300 for under $200 from any dealer in US or Canada

It'll cost that+more in time to build

Shop for one on ebay and maybe less than $10

DT

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"JF Mezei" <jfmezei.spamnot@xxxxxxxxxxxxx> wrote in message
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> 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).
>
> 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:
>
>
>
> 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 :-)


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