New subject: to PG Manney

18 Jan 1998

Have you set the communications protocols correctly? Baud rate, parity,
stop bit(s), word size? That's the usual reason for gibberish.
manney(a)nwohio.com
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  From: classiccmp(a)u.washington.edu
 To: Manney
 Subject: PDP-11/73 -- VT220
 Date: Sunday, January 18, 1998 2:45 PM
 I picked up a VT220 yesterday, as I was getting tired of using another
 computer for a terminal.  The question is how do I connect it?  I'm
 assuming the DB25 on the back of the VT220 is the comm line (especially if
...
  I read the back correctly), I gather the DB9 is for a
printer (from what I
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  found in my web searches last night).
 I took a cable and ran it from the Comm port on the /73 to the Comm port on
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  the VT220, and get nothing.  I then added a Null-Modem
adapter and got
 gibberish.  Does this need some kind of special cable to work?  I don't see
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  any switch settings on the back of terminal or
anything.
 Oh, and the VT220 say's it's OK when I power it on.
                        Zane
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