ltf@ncmicro.ncmnet.com (Lance Franklin) (08/18/90)
Can anybody supply me with pinouts for the DECstation 3100's two serial ports, plus hints on making cables from (hopefully) commonly available materials? Also, what are the upgrade paths for these ports...any way to increase the speed beyond 9600 baud, add modem-control lines or add extra serial ports without major additional costs? Finally...why did DEC(tm) make such a nice computer with such lousy serial communications support? Thanks....Lance (.sig pending)
ttl@sti.fi (Timo Lehtinen) (08/21/90)
In article <108@ncmicro.ncmnet.com> ltf@ncmicro.lonestar.org (Lance Franklin) writes: >Can anybody supply me with pinouts for the DECstation 3100's two serial >ports, plus hints on making cables from (hopefully) commonly available >materials? > >Also, what are the upgrade paths for these ports...any way to increase >the speed beyond 9600 baud, add modem-control lines or add extra >serial ports without major additional costs? > >Finally...why did DEC(tm) make such a nice computer with such lousy >serial communications support? This has hit me too. In fact we're upgrading to a DS5000 for basically just this reason. As far as I know there's no upgrade path other than use a DECserver via ethernet, which can go up to 19200 and has modem controls. As for cables, I believe the only painless way is to get them from DEC. Timo -- ____/ ___ ___/ / Kivihaantie 8 C 25 / / / SF-00310 HELSINKI, Finland ____ / / / Phone: +358 0 573 161, +358 49 424 012 Stream Technologies Inc. Fax: +358 0 571 384
jg@crl.dec.com (Jim Gettys) (08/22/90)
If I was willing to tell you the story as to why the 3100s has such serial ports, you'd find it hard to believe. But as I still enjoy working for Digital, you'll have to remain curious... Note that we did fix it on the DS5000... - Jim