Restoring the ASR33 at CB1
Things to buy
- 20mA-RS232 convert; possibilities include:
Things to find or buy
- 4 lines of small connector block
- 4 or 5 core signal wire
- IEC ("kettle") lead
RTTY Loop
mentions a supplier of parts. Contact address is P.O. Box 8873,
Ft. Lauderdale, Florida 33310; telephone 954-583-1340.
Things to borrow
- Interfaker (or at least a high-impedance voltmeter)
- Oscilloscope?
Hardware tinkering
Mechanical
- TTY case back together without the sticking on the * key
Electrical
- sort out which line is which on ASR33 data cable
Electronic
Software setup
- baud rate to 110
- getty on /dev/ttyA or /dev/ttyB
- line mode browser
In progress
At last, I've got started on this (really doing things from
2006-02-08. Here are the pre-restoration pictures.
Restoration diary