From owner-freebsd-hardware Fri Aug 21 19:10:11 1998 Return-Path: Received: (from majordom@localhost) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) id TAA07371 for freebsd-hardware-outgoing; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:10:11 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (ppp-d3.dialup.hilink.com.au [203.2.144.13]) by hub.freebsd.org (8.8.8/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA07302; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:10:02 -0700 (PDT) (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Received: from dingo.cdrom.com (localhost [127.0.0.1]) by dingo.cdrom.com (8.9.1/8.8.8) with ESMTP id TAA11677; Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:07:42 GMT (envelope-from mike@dingo.cdrom.com) Message-Id: <199808211907.TAA11677@dingo.cdrom.com> X-Mailer: exmh version 2.0.2 2/24/98 To: Mike Smith cc: Gregory Sutter , hardware@FreeBSD.ORG, questions@FreeBSD.ORG Subject: Re: VT320 terminal connection problems In-reply-to: Your message of "Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:00:50 GMT." <199808211900.TAA11611@dingo.cdrom.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Date: Fri, 21 Aug 1998 19:07:41 +0000 From: Mike Smith Sender: owner-freebsd-hardware@FreeBSD.ORG Precedence: bulk X-Loop: FreeBSD.org > > Are there any DEC experts in the house? VAX people, maybe? > > I have wired more serial devices than I can remember. If you are able > to build your own adapter, between a pair of DB25 connectors cross 2 & > 3, 4 & 5, and connect 6, 8 & 20 together on either side. This is a > "terminal null modem". Keeping 6, 8 & 20 together on either side means > that power-cycling the terminal won't kick you off. You may want to do > this eg. if you want to save power/heat etc. Heh. Of course I assumed that you would remember to connect 7 straight through, but then it occurred to me that you might not. -- \\ Sometimes you're ahead, \\ Mike Smith \\ sometimes you're behind. \\ mike@smith.net.au \\ The race is long, and in the \\ msmith@freebsd.org \\ end it's only with yourself. \\ msmith@cdrom.com To Unsubscribe: send mail to majordomo@FreeBSD.org with "unsubscribe freebsd-hardware" in the body of the message