Subject: Re: Keyboard connection for a vaxstation 4000/60
To: None <port-vax@NetBSD.org>
From: Stanley Reynolds <stanley_reynolds@yahoo.com>
List: port-vax
Date: 08/29/2005 08:48:14
--- bart sikkes <b.sikkes@student.utwente.nl> wrote:

> Hello,
> 
> Thanks Jan-Benedict and Dave for you answers. Ill
> try looking for such a
> keyboard. 
> 
> In the meantime I was, as advised, trying to get a
> terminal hooked up. Is in
> this case it also "needed" to have a dec terminal?
> Because I got a wyse
> wy-50 and a texas instuments (don't really see a
> type number anywhere)
I don't think a wy-50 emulates dec or ANSI terminals,
several PC based terminal emulators do.
http://vt100.net/wyse/wy-50-qrg/wy-50-qrg.pdf (user
guide for wy-50)

> laying around and I tried to hook both up but I
> didn't get any readable
> output on them. Both via the MMJ and DB25 connector
> that is. But I did
> notice I could setup these terminals so perhaps they
> have to wrong settings
> to give usuable output currently. Any advise on this
> would be welcome?
> 
> Thanks,
> bart
> 
> 
If the baud settings are right 9600 7 space or 8bit no
then you should see something, try swaping pins 2,3 or
use a null cable or adapter.

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