H89 as serial terminal

From: Steven N. Hirsch <shirsch_at_adelphia.net>
Date: Thu Mar 27 17:13:00 2003

On Thu, 27 Mar 2003, Jason J. Gullickson wrote:

> Is there any (easy) way to use an H89 as a serial terminal, VT100 even?

Yes. The H89 was an H11 terminal with CPU and drive control boards added.
I think you need to physically remove these and plug the cable from the
DB-25 connector into the terminal PCB.

I'm not too sharp on the details now, but I successfully converted several
of them in this manner, circa 1990.

Steve
Received on Thu Mar 27 2003 - 17:13:00 GMT