Date: Thu, 25 Sep 1997 07:20:46 +0000 (GMT) From: Terry Lambert <tlambert@primenet.com> To: jbryant@tfs.net Cc: freebsd-hackers@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: vt420 terminal Message-ID: <199709250720.AAA09438@usr03.primenet.com> In-Reply-To: <199709250052.TAA00700@argus.tfs.net> from "Jim Bryant" at Sep 24, 97 07:52:09 pm
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> i just got this terminal minutes ago, it does work, but it seems to > not have a db-25 connector, but has two of the wierd DEC-style modular > connectors, one for each session, or one for both sessions and the > other for the printer... > > questions: > > 1). where can i obtain ready made DEC-modular <-> EIA DB-9/25 > cables? DEC. > 2). where can i obtain DEC-modular connectors for making my > own cables? You can either get them from Digikey, or you can break off the keying/locking piect from a normal (DB12) phone connector. We used Digikey parts for the CS lab at Weber State University. > 3). most important: what is the pinout for the DEC-modular > connector? It's in the manual for the terminal. But the multisession commands are not, so if you expect to use them, expect to have to use a line monitor between a DEC terminal server and the terminal itself. Terry Lambert terry@lambert.org --- Any opinions in this posting are my own and not those of my present or previous employers.
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