Re: Serial console on second port?

[Lyle Bickley <lbickley%bickleywest.com@localhost>]

On Monday 30 March 2009, Carl Lowenstein wrote:
> On Mon, Mar 30, 2009 at 8:13 AM, Lyle Bickley 
> <lbickley%bickleywest.com@localhost> 
wrote:
> > On Monday 30 March 2009, Martin Husemann wrote:
> >> I have a Vax Station 4000 M96 and would like to use it with serial
> >> console. It apparently has two serial ports, one MMJ and another one
> >> for the printer with a DB25 connector.
> >>
> >> Since MMJ adapters (or even connectors) are pretty hard to get hold
> >> of here (or unreasonable expensive) - is there an easy way to just
> >> use the DB25 connector instead?
> >
> > MMJ connectors are actually easy to find and inexpensive. Here are
> > some suppilers:
> >
> > http://www.cables4computer.com/Cabling_Products/Connectors_UTPComponen
> >ts_RJ12_MMJ_Connector.html
> > http://www.cablestogo.com/product.asp?cat_id=418&sku=01935&st=mmj
>
> Yes, but where do you get the crimping tool with the offset die to fit
> the MMJ connectors.

Oops, sorry - we have 'em because we used to be VARs. Here's a place that 
will sell MMJ-MMJ and has "bits" to interface with RS-232, etc.

http://www.stonewallcable.com/dept.asp?dept_id=29

Lyle
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