On Thu, 29 Jan 1998, Xiamin Raahauge wrote:

> I recently got a DataGeneral terminal (I have no clue about a model
> number, but it seems to be a vt100 type deal, or at least that's what the
> status line says). I'm interested in using it with my Q650, especially
> since I'm without a monitor for a little while, but I can't for the life
> of me get it to work. 
> It's hooked up to tty00 with a Mac->PC modem cable (I'm not sure if

That's problem 1. You need a null modem. Both that cable and the terminal
are designed to hook to a modem.

The terminal probably also has a DB-25 for connecting to a local printer.
It won't help to plug the Mac into that. :-(

> that's the right name, but it has the right number of pins, 25). I can't
> figure out how to run getty on it, I tried running it from the command
> line (in a telnet session) with
> /usr/libexec/getty tty00
> but that only started up login on my telnet session. ;)
> I tried (for the fun of it) to cat stuff to /dev/tty00, but nothing showed
> up on the terminal.

Just turn the line in /etc/ttys "on" for that port.

Also, try running versaterm or something like that just to make sure
you're connected right.

Take care,

Bill