pdp8a assistance tapes terminals i dunno?

20 Jan 2012

so i need a linux box?

can i use the hyper terminal in windows to do anything?

i think i set it right but not abble to input anything?

in hyper term its set up as

baud 2400

data bits 8

parity none

stop bits 1

flow control none

my dip switches are at for 2400 baud with tty turned off as according to
the manual?

1 on

2 off

3 on

4 off

5 on

6 on

7 on

8 off

9 on

10 on ????

or do i got them reversed??

http://img714.imageshack.us/img714/503/dipswitch.jpg

am i supost to see anything pop up like on the 11?? or be able to input
anything at this point? not familiar with how this works with the 8 yet