Hello there: The only info I could find about this old beast is this following little blurb. It tells you how to null modem cable, at least that's what I can figure out of it. The tape-based VersaBraille is a paperless brailling device with a serial interface. To interface with the tape-based VersaBraille, you need the special I/O cable that comes with the VersaBraille. Examine it. One side is hammer shaped, and it goes into the VersaBraille. The other side is either a female or a male 25-pin connection. Use a straight through female-to-female (or female-to-male) cable with a null modem adapter to connect the VersaBraille to one of your serial ports. TeleSensory recommends a null modem adapter that has wires 1 and 7 straight through, swaps wires 2 and 3, swaps wires 4 and 5, and ties 6 and 8 together on each end and connects them to 20 on the other end. Load the terminal overlay and set the parameters as follows: b 9600; d 8; p n; s 1; t c; ll 80; pl 0; ci sp (or y if you want to capture carriage returns); cr 0; et eot; dx f; hs dtr; ai n; co cr; ak n; dci n; cts y; cd n Save these parameters with a chord-o. Open a new chapter and get into remote mode with a chord-r r. Make sure that the cursor is up. Then you are ready to send material to the VersaBraille. > > From: "David Sachs" <davidmsachs@xxxxxxxxxxx> > Date: 2003/03/17 Mon PM 12:30:16 EST > To: blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > Subject: Versabraille > > i have an old tape-based versabraille p2c that i'm trying to get running. > unfortunately, i don't have the power supply or the cable that connects it > to the serial port. i was wondering if anyone had either of these two cables > lying around. i'm an engineering student, so i can build them if i can take > a look at them, or even if i could just get the specs on them (for the power > supply, i need the voltage, and for the serial port i need to know which > pins get connected to what). > please let me know if anyone has either of these two cables, or information > on them. i tried telesensory and freedom scientific, they didn't know > anything. > thanks again, > david > p.s.- if you're in the new york city area, and you'd let me look at these > cables, it be very grateful! i promise i won't take them apart! > > > > > > > > _________________________________________________________________ > > > > > _______________________________________________ > > Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx > https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list > _______________________________________________ Blinux-list@xxxxxxxxxx https://listman.redhat.com/mailman/listinfo/blinux-list