DECmate II

From: Paul Koning <pkoning_at_equallogic.com>
Date: Tue May 18 10:30:49 2004

>>>>> "William" == William Donzelli <aw288_at_osfn.org> writes:

>> Does it have a 15-pin connector for the video?
 William> Yes.

>> If so, it may want a VR201 tube, the same used with the Pro.
>> That's still only plain old video but the connector also carries
>> power and keyboard input. The pinouts would be in the Pro tech
>> manual, which is online at bitsavers.

 William> OK, thanks. I don't have either the VR or the keyboard, so I
 William> am still hoping for dumb terminal support.

In the Pro technical manual you'll find where the video appears, so
plug that into a plain old TV monitor that accepts composite video.
(You could plug it into the yellow jack on your TV or VCR, that's
composite video. It's US spec video, I believe, so that wouldn't work
in Europe...)

The keyboard would be an LK201; you could make a patch cord for it.
Without an LK201 things would get tricky; it's certainly possible to
emulate that keyboard but it doesn't look much like anything else.
(Then again, it speaks 4800 baud async protocol, so the signaling is
easy, and the protocol is documented.)

      paul
Received on Tue May 18 2004 - 10:30:49 BST