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= IRC Terminal =
[[Projects]]


==Aim==
Retro serial terminal IRC awesomeness.
[[File:HackspaceIRCTerminal.jpg]]
[[File:HackspaceIRCTerminal.jpg]]


Stephen Blomley brought in a [http://www.vt100.net/vt_history#VT500|DEC VT520] terminal, which could possibly be connected to [[lovelace]] and used for IRC.
Stephen Blomley brought in a [http://www.vt100.net/vt_history#VT500|DEC VT520] terminal


More details when I have time.
==Who?==
[[User:samthetechie]]


Note - as a VMS user brought up on VT [2345]20s, I would be interested in using this - Andrew Black
[[User:naxxfish]]
 
[[User:ajp]]
 
==What?==
Make a freestanding (ish) IRC terminal for general use. 
 
==Where?==
 
==Why?==
 
==How?==
 
Recently donated was a mostly dead Toshiba lappy (dead drives, dead screen) which has a serial port.  It's now booting Ubuntu over PXE successfully.  We're looking to hook it up to the vt520. 
 
{|
|+Full 9-Pin to 25-Pin Adapter Pinout
|-
! Signal !! 9-Pin !! 25-Pin
|-
! Carrier Detect
| 1 || 8
|-
! Receive Data
| 2 || 3
|-
! Transmit Data
| 3 || 2
|-
! Data Terminal Ready
| 4 || 20
|-
! System Ground
| 5 || 7
|-
! Data Set Ready
| 6 || 6
|-
! Request to Send
| 7 || 4
|-
! Clear to Send
| 8 || 5
|-
! Ring Indicator
| 9 || 22
|}
 
 
{|
|+Implemented 9-Pin to 25-Pin Adapter Pinout
|-
! Signal !! 9-Pin !! 25-Pin
|-
! Receive Data
| 2 || 3
|-
! Transmit Data
| 3 || 2
|-
! System Ground
| 5 || 7
|}
 
Roadmap:
 
==Where?==
 
==Why?==
: 1.
: 2.
 
[http://web.mit.edu/dosathena/doc/www/ek-vt520-rm.pdf Serial Terminal Manual]
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