Connecting from a Mac to a Linux PC host using SLIP/PPP across a serial line

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From: Frank Merrick
Date: Sat, 21 Sep 1996 00:00

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By making a few changes to gettydefs and inittab I have managed to get
a Mac running Zterm to connect up to a PC running Linux across a
serial connection. This gets a login prompt and is identical to
terminal emulation to a Linux host using a modem.

Perusal of relevant Howto documentation, including the network
"howto", hasn't  shown how a Mac client can be connected across a
serial line to a Linux host using SLIP or (preferably) PPP.

If anyone has connected a Mac to a Linux host across a serial line
using SLIP or PPP I would be appreciated to learn the full details of
how it is done.

Frank M

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From: frankm@sleeper.apana.org.au (Frank Merrick)
Subject: Connecting from a Mac to a Linux PC host using SLIP/PPP across a serial line
Date: 1996/09/21
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