29 Aug
2009
29 Aug
'09
6:05 p.m.
Is there some special setting I'm missing to make both lines talk to
a computer, or are some VT420's only capable of talking to a printer
on line 2? I typically have two computers plugged into the same
terminal, or two lines on the same computer, but with this VT420 I
can only get line 1 talking to the computer.
Zane
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29 Aug
29 Aug
6:09 p.m.
VT420? I know the VT510 has a dual session capability, is that what
you are thinking of?
At 06:05 PM 8/29/2009, you wrote:
Is there some special setting I'm missing to make
both lines talk to
a computer, or are some VT420's only capable of talking to a printer
on line 2? I typically have two computers plugged into the same
terminal, or two lines on the same computer, but with this VT420 I
can only get line 1 talking to the computer.
Zane
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30 Aug
30 Aug
7:33 a.m.
The VT420 has dual session support (on two independent serial ports) also.
-Dave
On Sat, August 29, 2009 6:09 pm, Douglas Taylor wrote:
VT420? I know the VT510 has a dual session
capability, is that what
you are thinking of?
At 06:05 PM 8/29/2009, you wrote:
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Dave McGuire
Port Charlotte, FL
Is there some special setting I'm missing to
make both lines talk to
a computer, or are some VT420's only capable of talking to a printer
on line 2? I typically have two computers plugged into the same
terminal, or two lines on the same computer, but with this VT420 I
can only get line 1 talking to the computer.
Zane
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| Zane H. Healy | UNIX Systems Administrator |
| healyzh at aracnet.com (primary) | OpenVMS Enthusiast |
| MONK::HEALYZH (DECnet) | Classic Computer Collector |
+----------------------------------+----------------------------+
| Empire of the Petal Throne and Traveller Role Playing, |
| PDP-10 Emulation and Zane's Computer Museum. |
| http://www.aracnet.com/~healyzh/ |
29 Aug
29 Aug
6:25 p.m.
Port 2 (6 pin) is a printer port, I could swear there should be an icons
on it for a serial printer (serial icon & printer icon), isn't there?
Pin 6 is the DTR signal line.
Curt
Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is there some special setting I'm missing to make
both lines talk to a
computer, or are some VT420's only capable of talking to a printer on
line 2? I typically have two computers plugged into the same
terminal, or two lines on the same computer, but with this VT420 I can
only get line 1 talking to the computer.
Zane
7:48 p.m.
At 6:25 PM -0400 8/29/09, Curt @ Atari Museum wrote:
Port 2 (6 pin) is a printer port, I could swear there
should be an
icons on it for a serial printer (serial icon & printer icon), isn't
there?
Pin 6 is the DTR signal line.
Port 2 can be used as either a serial line, or a printer port. The
trick is remembering how to configure it!
At 6:30 PM -0400 8/29/09, Mike Loewen wrote:
According to the manual, the second port can be
used for either a
printer or another system.
http://vt100.net/docs/vt420-uu/chapter3.html
Global settings! That's where the setting is. Now I know it's been
to long since I've had to setup a terminal! :-)
Thanks,
Zane
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6:30 p.m.
On Sat, 29 Aug 2009, Zane H. Healy wrote:
Is there some special setting I'm missing to make
both lines talk to a
computer, or are some VT420's only capable of talking to a printer on line
2? I typically have two computers plugged into the same terminal, or two
lines on the same computer, but with this VT420 I can only get line 1
talking to the computer.
According to the manual, the second port can be used for either a
printer or another system.
http://vt100.net/docs/vt420-uu/chapter3.html
Mike Loewen mloewen at cpumagic.scol.pa.us
Old Technology http://sturgeon.css.psu.edu/~mloewen/Oldtech/
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