Path: utzoo!mnetor!uunet!nuchat!flatline!erict
From: erict@flatline.UUCP (eric townsend)
Newsgroups: comp.terminals
Subject: Goofy DEC terminal to eia232 question.
Message-ID: <163@flatline.UUCP>
Date: 10 Jan 88 07:50:05 GMT
Organization: flatline in Houston(Montrose, really), Tx.
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Keywords: I know this must get asked often, but...

...A friend of mine (not on the net) wants to hook up a DEC VT50 terminal
to his CoCo-III (he's running OS9 w/30 meg HD).  We opened up the box,
this kind of console television washing machine thing, and instead of
a semi-standard serial port, we find current loop terminals.
We're not old enough to know how these ancient and arcane things
work. :-) We do know, however, that they use current levels instead of
voltage levels. At least that's the current fantasy, and since we can't
test it...

Anybody have any suggestions, or have a wiring scheme they could
provide?
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