From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 21 18:55:48 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id SAA04786 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:55:48 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from notabene.zer0.org (sac-port387.jps.net [209.63.247.152]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id SAA04767; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:55:45 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter@n1.dyn.ml.org) Received: (from gsutter@localhost) by notabene.zer0.org (8.8.7/8.8.8) id SAA02771; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:54:53 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from gsutter) Message-ID: <19980821185452.E924@notabene.zer0.org> Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 18:54:52 -0700 From: Gregory Sutter To: Mike Smith Cc: hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VT320 terminal connection problems References: <19980821134553.A924@notabene.zer0.org> <199808211728.RAA11044@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii X-Mailer: Mutt 0.93.1i In-Reply-To: <199808211728.RAA11044@dingo.cdrom.com>; from Mike Smith on Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 05:27:59PM +0000 Organization: Zer0 Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org On Fri, Aug 21, 1998 at 05:27:59PM +0000, Mike Smith wrote: > > > > 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. Instead of the DEC cable that I've got now? I wonder if it is meant to connect a VT to a hub of some sort, which then would go back to a server. Then I'd need to switch some wires in the cable. Are there any DEC experts in the house? VAX people, maybe? Greg -- Gregory S. Sutter Bureaucrats cut red tape -- lengthwise. mailto:gsutter@pobox.com http://www.pobox.com/~gsutter/ PGP DSS public key 0x40AE3052 To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message