1 Nov
2002
1 Nov
'02
12:54 p.m.
I picked up a rainbow this evening, but it is missing the monitor and
keyboard.
But there was 2 floppy disks still in the drives.
I've looked the case over and the only ports on the back seem to be the
video, printer and COMM.
If I connect a VT-100 to COMM can I still access the CPU's?
1 Nov
1 Nov
1 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Mike wrote:
I picked up a rainbow this evening, but it is missing
the monitor and
keyboard.
But there was 2 floppy disks still in the drives.
I've looked the case over and the only ports on the back seem to be the
video, printer and COMM.
If I connect a VT-100 to COMM can I still access the CPU's?
Probably not. The monitor for it is actually a 'VR201' .. a VT220 minus
the terminal interface part. The video output is actually monochrome
NTSC-compatible video (i've used my TV for that), and the keyboard is
either an LK-201 or LK-401 (they're electrically compatible with each
other). Somewhere I found a pinout of the 'video' port, if you want I can
look again.
I made an adaptor for my PRO380 (same video connector) that just gives an
RCA jack and keyboard jack from the connector and it works fine.
Pat
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6 p.m.
On Fri, 1 Nov 2002, Mike wrote:
If it has a graphic card you can also use it with a VR241. The original Byte
review claimed the VR201 was compatable with the VT102.
Jeff Armstrong who wrote the Rainbow FAQ claimed there was a built-in
terminal that could be accessed at the start-up menu by typing T altho I have
never tried it. He also said a friend of his was using it for a terminal on his
VAX II.
Tony Duell posted the pin-outs for both mono and color a while back on the
list to make a monitor cable, which can be hard-to-find. The LK201's are
fairly plentiful.
The main source of Rainbow stuff is archived at:
ftp.update.uu.se/pub/rainbow/
I also have the FAQ and some other stuff gleaned from Jeff Armstrong's now
defunct Rainbow site.
Don Maislin can supply the OS disks IINM at a ridiculously low price.
Lawrence
I picked up a rainbow this evening, but it is
missing the monitor and
keyboard.
But there was 2 floppy disks still in the drives.
I've looked the case over and the only ports on the back seem to be the
video, printer and COMM.
If I connect a VT-100 to COMM can I still access the CPU's?
Probably not. The monitor for it is actually a 'VR201' .. a VT220 minus
the terminal interface part. The video output is actually monochrome
NTSC-compatible video (i've used my TV for that), and the keyboard is
either an LK-201 or LK-401 (they're electrically compatible with each
other). Somewhere I found a pinout of the 'video' port, if you want I can
look again.
I made an adaptor for my PRO380 (same video connector)
that just gives an
RCA jack and keyboard jack from the connector and it works fine.
Pat
--
Purdue Universtiy ITAP/RCS
Information Technology at Purdue
Research Computing and Storage
http://www-rcd.cc.purdue.edu
http://dilbert.com/comics/dilbert/archive/images/dilbert2040637020924.gif
lgwalker(a)mts.net
bigwalk_ca(a)yahoo.com
7:03 p.m.
At 10:56 PM 11/1/02 -0600, you wrote:
If it has a graphic card you can also use it with a
VR241. The original Byte
review claimed the VR201 was compatable with the VT102.
Jeff Armstrong who wrote the Rainbow FAQ claimed there was a built-in
terminal that could be accessed at the start-up menu by typing T altho I have
never tried it. He also said a friend of his was using it for a terminal
on his
VAX II.
Ding,Ding,Ding,Ding.... give the mana cigar, Yes there is a terminal
program built in :)
Tony Duell posted the pin-outs for both mono and
color a while back on the
list to make a monitor cable, which can be hard-to-find. The LK201's are
fairly plentiful.
The main source of Rainbow stuff is archived at:
ftp.update.uu.se/pub/rainbow/
I need to see if I still have the "Dec Rainbow Technical manual" still
floating around and get the bloody thing scanned into PDF's or something....
I also have the FAQ and some other stuff gleaned from
Jeff Armstrong's now
defunct Rainbow site.
Don Maislin can supply the OS disks IINM at a ridiculously low price.
2 Nov
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you can make an adaptor with a keyboard jack and a connector to hook to a
generic composite monochrome monitor... I've used Apple monochrome,
commodore and amdek with my rainbow.
but you WILL need a rainbow specific keyboard.
At 06:56 PM 11/1/02 -0500, you wrote:
I picked up a rainbow this evening, but it is missing
the monitor and
keyboard.
But there was 2 floppy disks still in the drives.
I've looked the case over and the only ports on the back seem to be the
video, printer and COMM.
If I connect a VT-100 to COMM can I still access the CPU's?
2 Nov
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