Date: Tue, 21 Apr 1998 23:54:54 -0700 (PDT)
From: "Steven M. Schultz" <sms@moe.2bsd.com>
Message-Id: <199804220654.XAA18236@moe.2bsd.com>
To: bqt@Update.UU.SE, jp@spektr.ludvika.se
Subject: Re: Some QBus questions.
Cc: pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au, shoppa@alph02.triumf.ca
Sender: owner-pups@minnie.cs.adfa.oz.au
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Hi Johnny -

> From: Johnny Billquist <bqt@Update.UU.SE>
> 
> RI is Reverse Index, and is located in the 128-160 range (don't remember

	AH HA!  So that is what RI means.  Thanks for the information!

> You're obviously running with 8 bits here, while Unix has a small
> preference for 7 bits. Change!

	For 'interactive' terminals 7 bits is required.

> > The communication is 8,N,1. Should that be 7,N,1 instead? Cause if I try
> > that and switch on the PDP it only prints a lot of ????????????.
> 
> You should have seven bits yes, but you also must have parity!
> 7,S,1 os something should do it. Try others if the first don't work.

	You should be able to use 7 bits "spacing" (wire the 8th bit to 0).

	The "console" would also work, I believe, with 7,E,1.


> Not very good, I'd say. A VT100 don't grasp Latin-1.

	To say the least ;-)

	Steven