[SunRescue] Anyone work with VT525 terminals from DEC?

[Ken Hansen]

The VT525 has three ports on the back, one RS-232 (DB-25), the other =
two are MMJ (offset RJ-45-looking connectors). Without finding MMJ =
connectors I would, I suppose be limited to one session (thats OK, but =
three would be cool!)...

Also, the control box appears to have some local intelligence, as it =
includes some local applications (calculator!?) and color (16 colors, =
IIRC).

I hope I get one - the cost is quite low (under $20 is the typical =
closing price on these auctions)...

Ken

> -----Original Message-----
> From: Bj=F6rn Ramqvist [mailto:brt at osk.sema.se]
> Sent: Monday, April 02, 2001 8:41 AM
> To: rescue at sunhelp.org
> Subject: Re: [SunRescue] Anyone work with VT525 terminals from DEC?
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> Ken Hansen wrote:
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> > I have seen these on ebay for $20+/-, the interesting thing to
> > me is that they take PS/2 keyboard and SVGA video, so they could
> > hang off a server as a console and be attached to a PS/2 KVM...
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> > I understand they are multi-session, but I suspect that requires
> > a special protocol on the server to support that
> > functionality...
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> I don't know anything about the VT525, but I do have some experience
> with VT510 and VT520. Both are PS/2 keyboard capable and has very =
nice
> features. The VT510 is single-session, either DEC-MMJ or RS-232
> interface, while the VT520 has triple-session. The technique=20
> behind this
> isn't any "protocol", it's just simple multi-port sessions. Hook up 3
> computers via serial into each seperate connector on the back=20
> and switch
> between the sessions with F4-key.
> When our VT320/330/420's are failing, we're replacing them=20
> with VT520's.
> You can't do anything other than just love'em. =3D)
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> /Bjorn
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