oooh, since you have that magical black book open, is it even or odd
parity, or none and start and stop bits or what?  Basically I am trying to
connect a VT220 to the console port of the 11/785 instead of the now dead 120.

Rick Copeland


At 09:38 PM 9/18/98 +0200, Anders Magnusson wrote:
>> the /785 uses an RT11 box for its console, and the RT11 box is
>> strapped for 1200 baud.  you can make it do 9600 baud but it
>> takes wire changes.
>> 
>A fast look into the 11/780 "Black Book" (Gee, how much junk have I 
>saved the last 20 years? :-) shows that the console DLV11 should be
>strapped for 300 baud from the factory. There are no strapping 
>instructions for other speeds, but it's the straps FR1-FR3 that controls
>the speed. I try to visualize them here:
>
>
>	M7940			\__/
>			     !----------!
>	---------------------------------
>	!				!
>	! ============== !!!!		!
>	!				!
>	!				!
>	!		    FR0	!!!! FR3!
>
>
>-- Ragge
>
>
Sincerely,
Rick Copeland
Information Systems Manager
InterMag, Inc.
(916) 568-6744 x36