DEC Correspondent (LA12) question...

From: allisonp_at_world.std.com <(allisonp_at_world.std.com)>
Date: Thu May 11 15:23:16 2000

Think vt100... look for setup keys.

Allison


On Thu, 11 May 2000, sjm wrote:

> Hey folks,
>
> Another question for DEC people out there. I've got a DEC
> Correspondent (Model LA12-DB) printing terminal. It's like a little
> cousin to the DECwriters of the world, very cute and lightweight,
> relatively speaking. Built like a little tank, though. And ribbons
> are still available, joy!
>
> But I've got no earthly clue how to configure the thing for baud
> rate, flow control, stop bits, anything. It seems to be set up
> REALLY FUNKY right now, like 4800bps 7N1 or some such nonesense. All
> I want is 9600 8N1, is that so wrong? It looks like configuration
> is done by hitting some sequence of keys, but I've been unable to
> make it work so far, and I'm going through an alarming quantity of
> fanfold paper in the process. I mean, they couldn't have just made
> it a TOGGLE or some DIP SWITCHES or anything, NOOO...
>
> Does anyone know how to make it go?
>
> -Seth
> --
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> personal advantage." -- Kenneth Grahame (1898) | Perth ==> *
>
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