Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:54:52 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter <gsutter@pobox.com> To: Mike Smith <mike@smith.net.au> Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VT320 terminal connection problems Message-ID: <19980821185452.E924@notabene.zer0.org> In-Reply-To: <199808211728.RAA11044@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 05:27:59PM %2B0000 References: <19980821134553.A924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808211728.RAA11044@dingo.cdrom.com>
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On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 05:27:59PM +0000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > I've got a genuine DEC VT320 that I'm trying to hook up to a FreeBSD > > box. I've got the MMJ to 25-pin serial connector, so the physical > > connection is no problem, but I can't get any communication between > > the FreeBSD box and the VT. > > You probably need a "null modem" adapter. Instead of the DEC cable that I've got now? I wonder if it is meant to connect a VT to a hub of some sort, which then would go back to a server. Then I'd need to switch some wires in the cable. Are there any DEC experts in the house? VAX people, maybe? Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message
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