Setting Up And Starting The Terminal Emulator - Silicon Graphics Origin200 Owner's Manual

4. Attach the DB25 connector of the serial cable to the DB25 connector of the adapter
cable.
5. Attach the other end of the adapter cable to one of the serial ports on your
computer.
You can use any available serial port on your IBM-compatible or Macintosh
computer.
6. Make a note of which serial port you use. You may need this information later when
you set up your terminal emulator.

Setting Up and Starting the Terminal Emulator

To communicate with the Origin200 server, you need a terminal emulator for your IBM
compatible or Macintosh computer. Many operating systems, such as Microsoft®
Windows®, ship with a terminal emulator package (also known as modem or
communications software.) Some examples of terminal emulator software are:
• Term
• HyperTerm
• TERMINAL.EXE
• Bitcom
• ProComm
• ZTerm
• SITcomm
• Macterm
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