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Wes Groleau wrote:
Sorry for being off-topic, but the heath/zenith NG seems to have died. Does it help if I have an expired ham license? :-) I have need of an RS-232 terminal, and I know that my H89 (with no floppy--boat anchor!) contains one. Can anyone point me to details for disconnecting the H19 board from the CPU board and connecting it instead to the DB-25 on the back? This is from vague, 27-year-old recollection. There are two boards in the H89. One of the boards is the computer, the other is a terminal. The terminal board is the one attached to the actual CRT, the computer is attached to the (100KB, hard-sectored) diskette drive. The computer and terminal are attached with a single cable with perhaps 5-7 lines using standard RS-232 levels. You just need to pull that cable off, figure out the pinning on it, and make a replacement cable to connect to the DB-25. I can't remember well, and I advise proceeding with caution, but I very vaguely recall that maybe you could move the cable that connects the computer to the DB-25 to the terminal board, after removing the cable that connects the two boards together. (Even better, connecting it directly to a DB-9 which I'd have to buy) I need it to configure a Sun Ultra, since I don't have a Sun monitor. You've got some vintage hardware there ;-) Dana K6JQ |