[TUHS] A few questions about Unix operation

[Ron Natalie via TUHS]

If you’re talking about an 11/83 and 2 BSD, the console is /dev/tty8.

The BSD lpd could indeed deal with printers on serial ports.


------ Original Message ------
>From "Bob Myers via TUHS" <tuhs at tuhs.org>
To tuhs at tuhs.org
Date 1/30/2026 6:01:17 PM
Subject [TUHS] A few questions about Unix operation

>I have a few general questions about Unix support/operation:
>
>1) is tty0 dedicated for console operation?  Other ttys assigned to serial ports?
>
>2) Can printing be assigned to serial tty ports?  (I'm awaiting an 8-port Serial card to show up next week.
>
>I'll run into more questions after I get the serial card and Zuluscsi Blaster installed next week in my PDP-11/83 and obtain a BSD-2.11 image.
>