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From: Chris Townsend <townsend@slack.net>
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Subject: Re: VT320 terminal connection problems
In-Reply-To: <199808211728.RAA11044@dingo.cdrom.com> from Mike Smith at "Aug 21, 98 05:27:59 pm"
To: mike@smith.net.au (Mike Smith)
Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 21:49:19 -0400 (EDT)
Cc: gsutter@pobox.com, hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG
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> > 
> > 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.
> 

Mine doesn't.  
I have it set at 9600/8/N/1, with "VT100 Mode" and a
"VT220 ID".  /etc/ttys has it set as a vt220
(it's actually on an OpenBSD machine now, but the
setup is the same...)

ask (privately) if you want the gory details.

Chris
townsend@slack.net

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