aad#@ANDREW.CMU.EDU (Anthony A. Datri) (06/01/87)
Okay, I've got a cit-101 manual here, but it seems real vague about things. Does the presence of a printer connector on the back imply that it actually has a working printer port? I pulled out the board, and there don't seem to be any gaping holes where another uart would go. The only free spots are several for chips of around 14 pins. TI sure made a strange port on their omni 800 printers...
cetron@utah-cs.UUCP (Edward J Cetron) (06/01/87)
actually, it is a fully bi-directional auxiliary port. I used to have one computer hooked to the comm port, another to the aux port and by using a simple shift-function key command, could watch for output from both computers simultaneously and shift the keyboard to each with a single keystroke.. -ed
aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) (06/02/87)
Moreover, the manual says that I'll get a D screen for setup with the port there, but i only get a, b, and c
roy@phri.UUCP (Roy Smith) (06/04/87)
In article <AUkStGy00WABwZI0Bj@andrew.cmu.edu> aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) writes: > Moreover, the manual says that I'll get a D screen for setup with the port > there, but i only get a, b, and c I don't know if this holds for the plain 101, but there's an (undocumented, I think) feature in the 101e which disables the printer port, and the D setup screen along with it. I think it involves hitting control-x while in setup mode, but I can't seem to reproduce it. Supposedly, this speeds the terminal up a bit because it doesn't bother polling the printer port. The 101e's a very nice terminals in many ways -- nice keyboard, easy to read screen, sleek styling, fancy bi-directional auxiliuary port. Unfortunately, they also have a bug in them which makes them jump into smooth scrool mode all by themselves at random times; makes them a *real* bitch to use sometimes. -- Roy Smith, {allegra,cmcl2,philabs}!phri!roy System Administrator, Public Health Research Institute 455 First Avenue, New York, NY 10016
aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) (06/05/87)
You, sir, are a god. It worked. God only knows why it was like that in the first place...
vince@mplvax (Vince Pavlicek) (06/05/87)
They sold them for less without a working printer port, and charged a bit more to type those characters and enable hardware that was there anyway. Pretty amazing.
cetron@utah-cs.UUCP (Edward J Cetron) (06/05/87)
's funny, they all (and we have 20+) ship that way, seems in some places they charge extra for the aux port and only enable it as an option.....weird... -ed
kuo@skatter.UUCP (06/08/87)
In article <AUkStGy00WABwZI0Bj@andrew.cmu.edu>, aad+@andrew.cmu.edu (Anthony A. Datri) writes: > Moreover, the manual says that I'll get a D screen for setup with the port > there, but i only get a, b, and c I think that implies you don't have a printer port installed. I use to use a CIT-101 with their graphics card (that emulates TEK4010). It is highly possible that the connector is there but not the actual hardware (ie chips etc). In my personal opinion, the CIT-101 was not very reliable; it died on me too many times, even right after coming back from repairs! ... Peter/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Peter Kuo | Bitnet (VMS) : KUO@SASK Accelerator Laboratory | (a.k.a. The Beam Warehouse) | uucp (Unix) : !alberta\ Univ. of Saskatchewan | !ihnp4 -- !sask!skatter!kuo Saskatoon, Saskatchewan | !utcsri / CANADA S7N 0W0 | (Earth) | Ma Bell : (306) 966-6059 Disclaimer: I don't know what I am saying, so don't quote me on anything! And I only speak for myself.