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

[tony j. podrasky]

Hey Chris;

Have you set the port for 2 stopbits with <stty> or <setserial>?

UE,
W6ESE - tony
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Chris Elmquist wrote:
> 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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                  | the latter has some clearly defined goal or purpose;
                  | therefore life is not a game, but a toy.
                  |                                        -Rahner James