WORST keyboards ever

From: Tony Duell <ard_at_p850ug1.demon.co.uk>
Date: Mon Aug 30 22:15:17 2004

> > That pin was commonly used with a DEC current loop converter module, the
> > number of which I forget (DLV11-K ???). That box plugged into the DLV11-J
> > at one side and had an 8 pin Mate-n-lock on the other to connect to a
> > standard DEC current loop cable. It also included a 110 baud (1760Hz)
> > generator, since the DLV11 couldn't do 110 baud as standard and the most
> > common reason for wanting a current loop interface was to connect to an
> > ASR33.
>
> Hmm... I might have one of those that I picked up at Dayton a few years
> back. Didn't know it had a special feature for the DLV11-J. I thought
> it was just a dumb level converter (obviously it should work with any
> device that can do 110 bps by itself).

It _is_ a dumb level converter. It doesn't do any internal baud rate
conversion. But it includes the 110 baud rate generator as well (which
you can ignore if you're using it with a serial port that can do 110
baud itself.

-tony
Received on Mon Aug 30 2004 - 22:15:17 BST