Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!rutgers!cmcl2!yale!spock!eric
From: eric@spock.UUCP (Eric Volpe)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Re: Goofy DEC terminal to eia232 question.
Keywords: I know this must get asked often, but...
Message-ID: <230@spock.UUCP>
Date: 11 Jan 88 04:24:35 GMT
References: <163@flatline.UUCP>
Reply-To: eric@spock.UUCP (Eric Volpe)
Organization: Choate Rosemary Hall, Wallingford CT
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In article <163@flatline.UUCP> erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend) writes:
>this kind of console television washing machine thing, and instead of
>a semi-standard serial port, we find current loop terminals.
Well, current loop used to *be* the standard! Well, at least it wasn't
considered "Goofy"! Maybe the vt50 is a bit old, o.k. but don't knock
the old stuff... CL is still used a lot even now... Anyway, you can get
a converter for rs232 <--> CL from someplace like black box or one of
those kinds of dealers. It's actually pretty simple to convert it
yourself. I had to make a converter once myself to connect a vt52 to an
rs232 port, but I've forgotten how I did it... Mail me if you want and I
can try to dig up some clues... 

						Eric Volpe
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