[vcf-midatlantic] Geoff's VT100 ASCII terminal problems

[Dean Notarnicola]

Are you powering from USB or the 5V connector? Check the power select
jumper.


On Wed, Oct 21, 2020 at 9:00 AM Richard Cini via vcf-midatlantic <
vcf-midatlantic at lists.vcfed.org> wrote:

> All –
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>             Has anyone on-list used Geoff’s VT100 terminal (
> https://geoffg.net/terminal.html) or any of its derivatives? It’s a great
> project that I plan on using with SIMH (which right now I’m using a USB
> dongle). Installation should be plug-and-play (only requiring an INF file
> for Windows) but it refuses to work. The port appears as available, yet
> nothing can connect to it.
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> I’ve tried it on three different Windows laptops (XP, Vista and 10) -- the
> port emulator installs (as COM9 let’s say) and it shows in Device Manager
> as working, but when you try to use HyperTerm or SIMH to open or use the
> port, Windows complains that it can’t open it.
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>             Does anyone have this working and if so, what’s the magic
> trick needed to get it working?
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> Thanks!
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> Rich
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> Rich Cini
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> http://www.classiccmp.org/cini
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> http://www.classiccmp.org/altair32
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