Re: DEC Rainbow and VR201 (was Re: DEC rainbow terminal question)

From: Hoff Hoffman (hoff_at_hp.nospam)
Date: 09/20/05

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    In article <43305741$0$1674$79720d31@newsreader.inode.at>, r.sigmund@inode.at writes:
    :Hi, is it possible to connect a standard serial terminal to a DEC Rainbow
    :100 instead of the usual VR201 ?

      FWIW, the VR201-series widget is a display monitor, and not a serial
      terminal.

      You will want a replacement VR201 monitor, or an equivalent or
      compatible.

      As I recall, one of the VR201 devices was the VT240 series terminal,
      but the "brains" of that terminal were housed in a box, and the box
      drove the video for the VR201. The VR201 has no "brains", so it is
      arguably even "dumber" than a so-called "dumb" terminal. But I
      digress...

    :Is there any adapter available ?

      Not that I'm immediately aware of, but I've not gone looking for
      this. Widgets of this vintage are generally not compatible with
      the now-only-slightly-less-ancient and now more common PC-style
      connections.

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