Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-02 Thread DougTest
Hi Ethan, I would be *very* interested on one of those for my 11/05 - including shipping to sunny Australia :-) Doug On 12/2/2015 11:13 AM, Ethan Dicks wrote: On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: ... should be passive... The same goes for the VT1XX option on the VT100 which

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 3:37 PM, Mattis Lind wrote: > ... should be passive... > The same goes for the VT1XX option on > the VT100 which had two switches which one could set. I have a couple of the VT1XX 20mA options, if anyone is looking. New in Box. -ethan

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Mattis Lind
2015-12-01 20:58 GMT+01:00 Joseph Lang : > The current loop is actually "proper" . > There are 3 parts to current loop > 1) transmitter (switch) > 2) receiver (opto coupler in dec stuff) > 3) current source > > You will have problems if things don't match. An active transmitter has to > connect to

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Joseph Lang
The current loop is actually "proper" . There are 3 parts to current loop 1) transmitter (switch) 2) receiver (opto coupler in dec stuff) 3) current source You will have problems if things don't match. An active transmitter has to connect to a passive receiver. Passive transmitter to active rec

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Paul Koning
> On Dec 1, 2015, at 1:22 PM, william degnan wrote: > > ... > Sorry about the wording of my question. Thanks for the replies. I was > only able to get the VT50 to receive, I could not send. So I decided to > research the problem. I found the link above, the author of the page says > in effec

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread william degnan
> > > There is a DF11-F module that converts TTY to EIA and back again, 2 2-slot cards, cable,e tc. (Page 4-80 in the peripheral handbook from 73-74). The handbook did not indicate a specific PDP 11 from this time (05/10/35/40, etc) Anyway, the teletype is fine for now, I need to be able to save

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread william degnan
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 12:43 PM, Ethan Dicks wrote: > On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Paul Koning > wrote: > > I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. That article clearly > points out the 20 mA wires, and presumably that's where your ASR33 is > connected. The VT50 comes (according

RE: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread tony duell
> The VT50 comes (according to the peripherals handbook) with a standard 20 mA > interface, optional RS232 interface. So it sounds like it would be a matter > of finding > where the 20 mA connector on the VT50 is, and plugging into that. > > Interestingly enough, the VT52 is listed as supporti

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Ethan Dicks
On Tue, Dec 1, 2015 at 11:55 AM, Paul Koning wrote: > I'm not sure I understand the question correctly. That article clearly > points out the 20 mA wires, and presumably that's where your ASR33 is > connected. The VT50 comes (according to the peripherals handbook) with a > standard 20 mA inte

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread Paul Koning
> On Nov 30, 2015, at 9:14 PM, william degnan wrote: > > I have an 11/05 with ASR 33 for I/O. I am using the M9970 console card to > make the connection. I have loaded papertape BASIC into core (16K) and it > boots up from 000 000 to the TTY, I can type in programs, etc. > > Question - I'd li

Re: Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread william degnan
On Nov 30, 2015 9:14 PM, "william degnan" wrote: > > I have an 11/05 with ASR 33 for I/O. I am using the M9970 console card to make the connection. I have loaded papertape BASIC into core (16K) and it boots up from 000 000 to the TTY, I can type in programs, etc. > > Question - I'd like to switc

Interfacing PDP 11/05 to VT 50

2015-12-01 Thread william degnan
I have an 11/05 with ASR 33 for I/O. I am using the M9970 console card to make the connection. I have loaded papertape BASIC into core (16K) and it boots up from 000 000 to the TTY, I can type in programs, etc. Question - I'd like to switch over to a VT 50 in 20ma mode. Not sure if this is poss