Tag Archives: terminal

Bitlbee

Posted on June 5, 2008 by James

While sitting downstairs chatting on IRC through my serial terminal, I thought it’d be great if I could also chat to people on Google Talk through it. I had a quick search of the web and came across Bitlbee:
BitlBee brings IM (instant messaging) to IRC clients. It’s a great solution for people who have an IRC client running all the time and don’t want… Continue reading

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Serial Terminal Working

Posted on March 25, 2008 by James

I have made my WYSE serial terminal work with my Linux server. After yesterday’s confusion and frustration I went back to Maplin and bought a few things that made the task very simple. I bought a properly wired DB9-DB9 null modem cable, a DB9 gender changer and a DB9-DB25 adapter.

All it took was for me to connect the DB9 serial cable to the second serial port of the terminal, plug… Continue reading

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Obsolete hardware is obsolete for a reason

Posted on March 24, 2008 by James

I have in my posession an Amiga 500, Amiga 1500, WYSE terminal and a Mac Classic.

Today I learned several things:

  • PCs running XP can’t read 720k floppies
  • Serial communications is still just as confusing as it used to be
  • Old hardware doesn’t work like you’d expect
  • Given the choice between soldering small, fiddly things yourself, or paying  £5 for someone to do it for you, choose the £5 option

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