Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:07:41 +0000 From: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com>, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VT320 terminal connection problems Message-ID: <199808211907.TAA11677@dingo.cdrom.com> In-Reply-To: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:00:50 GMT." <199808211900.TAA11611@dingo.cdrom.com>
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> > Are there any DEC experts in the house? VAX people, maybe? > > I have wired more serial devices than I can remember. If you are able > to build your own adapter, between a pair of DB25 connectors cross 2 & > 3, 4 & 5, and connect 6, 8 & 20 together on either side. This is a > "terminal null modem". Keeping 6, 8 & 20 together on either side means > that power-cycling the terminal won't kick you off. You may want to do > this eg. if you want to save power/heat etc. Heh. Of course I assumed that you would remember to connect 7 straight through, but then it occurred to me that you might not. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-questions" in the body of the message
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