On Wed, Apr 20, 2005 at 09:44:34PM -0400, Andrew Medico wrote:On Apr 20, 2005, at 20:32, Federico Lucifredi wrote: > please excuse my totally Perl-unrelated question, but I am sure more >than a few of you will appreciate the idea: I want to get my working >VT-100 connected to a Linux server to read e-mail in a *very* old >style way ;-) > > I know everything I need about setting tty lines in Linux. What I do >not know (and the expertise of the old timers here is the key) is what >kind of cable to use to connect the darn thing... what is it called? >Where do I find it? I can make one myself, but in that case I qould >need a wiring diagram. What you're looking for is a "null modem" serial cable. It's analogous to an Ethernet crossover cable.
If you're going to do anything with serial ports, get thee a laplink cable and a 25 pin gender changer - ie a male-to-male or female-to-female adapter. Both should be available from any good computer dealer.
VT100s are 25 pin devices. (The alternative would be an 8 pin MMD jack, though those didn't come into play until the VT220 series. DEC never did do the DB-9 connector for its terminals)
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