[GreenKeys] [Bulk] Re: Fwd: Model 28 Teletype in Syracuse NY now says"Offer

[Chris Elmquist]

On Friday (03/25/2011 at 10:28AM -0800), tony j. podrasky wrote:
> I was thinking from a Linux perspective:
> 
> You could connect a serial 8-level machine to a RS-232 EIA port
> and use it for a lineprinter.
> 
> A   V-E-R-Y   S-L-O-W   line printer...  :-)
> 
> Also, as a master console to start the Linux box.

No sweat.  Works great.   Although, to be honest, you have to put a
microcontroller in between now because the serial line discipline in
Linux no longer obeys the newline delay stuff... so it doesn't allow the
carriage enough time to get home before it sends the first char of the
next line.  So, I have a little buffer thing in between that inserts the
delay and also does speed conversion from 9600 baud on the Linux side
(and manages the flow control) to 110 baud on the ASR33 side.  I also
put a terminal server in between so essentially my ASR33 is on ethernet.

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Chris Elmquist