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From: dold@91.usenet.us.com
Newsgroups: comp.protocols.kermit.misc
Subject: Re: Using a laptop in place of a DEC terminal
Date: 5 Dec 1998 18:44:19 GMT
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jeff canar m.a. (canar.jeff@hines.va.gov) wrote:
: We have DEC terminal in an office that is old, and almost useless.
: I'd like to use an old 386 laptop (running kermit 3.14) I have in
: place of this terminal. I'm assuming I can simply run some sort of
: cable out the back of the laptop through the built in serial port (9
: pin) and into the wall where the original terminal is connected. I
: think the DEC terminal connects using an RJ-45 connector (or whatever
: that connector that looks like a telephone jack is called). There is
Yup. I've got one of those at work.
My DEC terminal was okay, but the accompanying serial printer died, so I
substituted a PC running Kermit 3.15, and a parallel printer.
I had to make up a cable for the RJ-45 to PC, and I can check the pinout
Monday, if you remind me, but it will work just fine.
My only problem is that since I slaved the printer, via "log session
lpt1:", if the printer runs out of paper, the terminal stops, but I've made
notes on how to turn off the "slave", so that doesn't bother anyone.
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Clarence A Dold - dold@network.rahul.net
- Pope Valley & Napa CA.