Simple serial to ethernet question

From: John Lawson <jpl15_at_panix.com>
Date: Fri Nov 21 18:01:24 2003

  Regarding the recent (very much info!) thread about serial to network
devices, terminal servers, etc... I have a Dumb Analog Engineer Question.

  And my DAEQ is this: I gots a DEC PDP 11/44 sitting in my garage
(heated) and I would like to have the Terminal Peripheral Devices (TPD) in
my Office (O). I just want a couple-three VT-type thingies and an LA120,
or 36 or whatever. So, if I understand Things: I hook N ports from the
11/44 serial farm via RS232 to the ports on the TS, thence by
CAT5[some_networking_protocol] to the TS in the O, and from the
corrresponding N ports ports on the O TS to the various TPDs in the
aformentioned O. Right?

 This saves running multiple RS232 lines from the 'Puter to the Toobz,
among other things - like being able to play with one's Legacy Computing
Device (LCD) whilst slaving away at the Workplace....


 And, if a pair of Terminal Servers is what I'm looking for - I assume
8-channel pairs are cheap?

  Any reccomendations for this specific task?



Cheers

John
Received on Fri Nov 21 2003 - 18:01:24 GMT