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- From: cs911461@ariel.yorku.ca (CHRISTIAN D. ARMOUR)
- Subject: Blast from the Past
- Message-ID: <1992Sep13.040534.3754@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca>
- Sender: news@newshub.ariel.yorku.ca (USENET News System)
- Organization: York University, Toronto, Canada
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- Date: Sun, 13 Sep 1992 04:05:34 GMT
- Lines: 21
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- Greetings,
-
- This may seem a little weird, but I'm trying to connect an
- old Teletype machine (one of those noisy things you see in
- early seventies cop shows) to my Unix based PC. The only
- way I can imagine doing this is to get it connected via
- the RS-232 port. The problem is, the connector cable on
- the tty has a 6-pin male connection. Can anyone of a
- technical nature please tell me how I can cut this thing
- off and replace it with a RS-232 plug. I'd appreciate any
- kind of response, even if you're not sure.
-
- Maybe there are adaptors? I dare not ask the Radio Shack
- people... they can only sell musical key chains.
-
- Thanks for listening,
-
- C. Armour-Kidson
-
- Ps. Does the "RS" in "RS-232" really mean "Radio Shack"?
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