Console programs in Linux

On Feb 16, 2004, at 10:08 PM, tickticker wrote:

> =A0I was at a client site yesterday, covering for a colleague who is =
out=20
> of town
> (Hawaii damn him) and both internal and external interfaces were=20
> purported to
> be down. =A0I whipped out my laptop and presto!! Realized I had no =
clue=20
> how to
> connect via the Rollover cable to the console port of the router.

Hey the last time I found myself in an analogous situation all I had=20
was my iBook. I realized that I had no place to plug in the rollover=20
cable. ;-)