PDP-11/73 -- VT220

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 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 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 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 | Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Adminstrator | | healyzh(a)ix.netcom.com (primary) | Linux Enthusiast | | healyzh(a)holonet.net (alternate) | Classic Computer Collector | +----------------------------------+----------------------------+ | For Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/ | | For the collecting of Classic Computers with info on them. | | see http://www.dragonfire.net/~healyzh/museum.html |