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==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 | Stephen Blomley brought in a [http://www.vt100.net/vt_history#VT500|DEC VT520] terminal | ||
==Who?== | |||
[[User:samthetechie]] | |||
[[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] | |||
Revision as of 03:21, 6 January 2011
Aim
Retro serial terminal IRC awesomeness.
Stephen Blomley brought in a VT520 terminal
Who?
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.
| 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 |
| Signal | 9-Pin | 25-Pin |
|---|---|---|
| Receive Data | 2 | 3 |
| Transmit Data | 3 | 2 |
| System Ground | 5 | 7 |
Roadmap:
Where?
Why?
- 1.
- 2.
