JOSEPH@RU-BLUE.ARPA (11/01/83)
From: Seymour <JOSEPH@RU-BLUE.ARPA> Can anyone out there in netland tell me if the standard DEC Rainbow comes with an RS232 serial port? If so, does anyone have the MODEM7 program or something compatible running on a Rainbow? Thanks Seymour -------
jsmcginn@uok.UUCP (11/21/83)
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uok!jsmcginn Nov 18 14:57:00 1983
Yes, the DEC Rainbow does come with a rs232 port as standard equipment.
I don't have a modem for my Rainbow yet, but I asked my dealer and he said
that (for example) if I wanted to hook up a Smartmodem, the only extra
equipment that I would need is a standard rs232 cable w/25 pin connector.
My dealer also said that all the modem software that he has tested so far
has worked efficiently and practically bug free.
Jay
...!uok!jsmcginnABN.ISCAMS%usc-isid@sri-unix.UUCP (11/24/83)
Jay: Yes, you should be able to find good Public Domain modem programs out there. I'm pretty certain there's a Rainbow overlay for MDM714; you can check the SIMTEL20 treasure trove for that. I think KERMIT is also implemented for the Rainbow, and that's a good "packetizing" file transfer and terminal program to mainframes and minis as well as micros. One thing, though..you not only don't NEED a full 25-wire cable for that RS-232 connection: you don't WANT all those wires hanging out there! All they do is pick up interference, radiate, etc. Check your RS232 pin requirements for the modem you get and your Rainbow, and only hang wires for the pins required. Have fun hanging the Rainbow on a Wire: that's the best part of owning my Decision I -- talking with the NetLandians and looting all that great Public Domain treasure. David Kirschbaum Toad Hall