(c)1990 Golden Triangle, Inc. (c)1990 Wilson Van Alst All rights reserved. Fm: Craig Lovell To: Tony Anderson I have a weird idea. I have access to several serial terminals, ADDS Viewpoints. My question is this: Is it possible to attach the terminal to COM: and end up with a 24x80 display? I would like to use it for CIS, to get a full-screen display. I imagine there is some kind of software that would need to be written, as well. Any help would be appreciated. . . . =+=+=+=+=+= Fm: Tony Anderson To: Craig Lovell You can indeed connect a "terminal" to the portable's RS-232 port, and send data out of TELCOM to be displayed on the terminal. It's not useful, however, in the application you are suggesting. It would only be useful in an situation where you wanted to display files or program results on a larger screen, such as for the benefit of classrooms, or group displays. I know what you're trying to go for, but the problem is that the computer has only one communications chip, and when it is being used for modem communications, it cannot also access the RS-232 port. There is, however, a relatively easy workaround, that would give you exactly what you want - a larger screen display. You buy a protocol converter, of the parallel to serial variety, and connect the parallel end to your printer port, and the serial end to your terminal, and when you're online, press F5, echoing all data to the printer (terminal). It's automatic, and looks like it was made for just such an application. You can also display anything from programs by sending the data to the printer port, where you have your terminal connected. Unfortunately, you can't use the terminal in an interactive mode... you can't use it in TEXT, for example, to give you a larger screen while you are displaying or editing a file. But you can use it to dump selected material to the terminal via the PRINT button, and print a whole file with the F3 "Save to: LPT:" capability. Good luck, let us know how it works out for you. =+=+=+=+=+= Fm: Craig Lovell To: Tony Anderson The protocol converter sound like a great idea. I don't have a problem using the M102 keyboard, I just want a larger display. I'll let you know how it works out. =+=+=+=+=+= Starting message #: 188946 Starting date: 20-Oct-89 00:36:00 Participants: Craig Lovell 73030,425 Tony Anderson 76703,4062