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- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Path: sparky!uunet!decwrl!world!bmarcum
- From: bmarcum@world.std.com (Bill Marcum)
- Subject: Re: I GOT A DUMB TERMINAL!!!!
- Message-ID: <BtDwGC.Fu3@world.std.com>
- Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA
- References: <y5wVPB2w165w@cyberden.uucp>
- Date: Sat, 22 Aug 1992 12:09:47 GMT
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- Probably the easiest way to hook this up would be to make up a special RS-232
- cable with "receive data" connected but "transmit data" not connected, so the
- modem will send to both the Atari and the terminal but only the Atari sends
- to the modem. Then you could use the Atari keyboard and see messages on
- both the Atari and dumb terminal screens. On most terminals an AUX connector
- is used for a serial printer. The keyboard might have a DIN connector or a
- modular phone-type connector (I don't know that brand of terminal.) If you
- call different speed BBS systems (1200 or 2400), dumb terminals don't usually
- adjust themselves automatically; you might have to set the speed with a dip
- switch!
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- Bill Marcum bmarcum@world.std.com
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