13 Jul
2011
13 Jul
'11
11:40 a.m.
On Wed, Jul 13, 2011 at 2:34 PM, Henk Gooijen <henk.gooijen at hotmail.com> wrote:
And not to forget ... IIRC, the VT220 was the only DEC
terminal that
supported both RS-232 and 20 mA current loop. Not at the same time,
but it was as simple as going through "Setup", et voil?!
I did use that feature to hang a VT220 off of a PDP-8/L. The VT220
was my only current-loop terminal
At the time I did this, the terminal was worth several times the price
of the PDP-8. Now, I'd say this relationship has inverted.
-ethan