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Article #1928Re: DECstation 3100 serial ports
From: Timo Lehtinen
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 1990 16:38
Date: Tue, 21 Aug 1990 16:38
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In article <108@ncmicro.ncmnet.com> ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) writes:
>Can anybody supply me with pinouts for the DECstation 3100's two serial
>ports, plus hints on making cables from (hopefully) commonly available
>materials?
>
>Also, what are the upgrade paths for these ports...any way to increase
>the speed beyond 9600 baud, add modem-control lines or add extra
>serial ports without major additional costs?
>
>Finally...why did DEC(tm) make such a nice computer with such lousy
>serial communications support?
This has hit me too. In fact we're upgrading to a DS5000 for basically
just this reason. As far as I know there's no upgrade path other than
use a DECserver via ethernet, which can go up to 19200 and has modem
controls.
As for cables, I believe the only painless way is to get them from DEC.
Timo
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!know!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!rpi!uupsi!sunic!tut!funic!fuug!sti!ttl From: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen) Newsgroups: comp.sys.dec Subject: Re: DECstation 3100 serial ports Message-ID: <1990Aug21.163846.8551@sti.fi> Date: 21 Aug 90 16:38:46 GMT References: <108@ncmicro.ncmnet.com> Reply-To: ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen) Organization: Stream Technologies Inc. Lines: 27