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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.

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