I picked up a VT220 yesterday, as I was getting tired of using another
computer for a terminal. The question is how do I connect it? I'm
assuming the DB25 on the back of the VT220 is the comm line (especially if
I read the back correctly), I gather the DB9 is for a printer (from what I
found in my web searches last night).
I took a cable and ran it from the Comm port on the /73 to the Comm port on
the VT220, and get nothing. I then added a Null-Modem adapter and got
gibberish. Does this need some kind of special cable to work? I don't see
any switch settings on the back of terminal or anything.
Oh, and the VT220 say's it's OK when I power it on.
Zane
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Received on Sun Jan 18 1998 - 14:15:07 GMT