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Article #1893Goofy DEC terminal to eia232 question.
From: eric townsend
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1988 07:50
Date: Sun, 10 Jan 1988 07:50
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...A friend of mine (not on the net) wants to hook up a DEC VT50 terminal to his CoCo-III (he's running OS9 w/30 meg HD). We opened up the box, this kind of console television washing machine thing, and instead of a semi-standard serial port, we find current loop terminals. We're not old enough to know how these ancient and arcane things work. :-) We do know, however, that they use current levels instead of voltage levels. At least that's the current fantasy, and since we can't test it... Anybody have any suggestions, or have a wiring scheme they could provide? -- J. Eric Townsend ->uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict smail:511Parker#2,Hstn,Tx,77007 'Girls play with toys. Real women skate.' --Powell Peralta ad.| 'Hey, watch I disclaim all responsibility for others' ignorances. | me ollie this <whump>'
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict From: erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) Newsgroups: comp.terminals Subject: Goofy DEC terminal to eia232 question. Message-ID: <163@flatline.UUCP> Date: 10 Jan 88 07:50:05 GMT Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx. Lines: 15 Keywords: I know this must get asked often, but...