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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
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