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Date: Fri, 12 Jun 1998 01:08:03 -0700 (PDT)
From: Doug White <dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu>
To: "Benjamin A. Oldham" <oldhamb@carleton.edu>
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Subject: Re: problems with serial terminals...
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On Mon, 8 Jun 1998, Benjamin A. Oldham wrote:

> Howdy...  I'm currently attempting to configure my HP48gx calculator as an
> ansi terminal, by pluggin it into a serial port.  (This will serve no real
> purpose, but it seems like it should be able to be done, and as long as
> I'm procrastinating from my finals...) :-)
> 	Anyway, I've got the terminal settings set up on the HP (I think),
> and I've editted /etc/ttys to reflect the ttyd0 terminal (I've used 'ansi'
> as the term type).  I think everything's set up on the FBSD end, but I'm
> not getting anything on the HP end.  Before I go trying to hunt down the
> programmer of this program, does anyone see some glaring error that I'm
> missing?  I've never set up serial terminals before, so it's all around
> fun...  And just for the hell of it, has anyone actually tried this
> before?  (anyone ever been that bored?)  :-)
> 	If need be, I can run it in vt52 or in dumb emulation.  (I've
> tried both, and as of now, none of the three works...)

Make sure the baud rates match and you're using a null-modem cable to flip
the tx/rx pairs.

Doug White                              | University of Oregon  
Internet:  dwhite@resnet.uoregon.edu    | Residence Networking Assistant
http://gladstone.uoregon.edu/~dwhite    | Computer Science Major


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