Does anyone have a working Wyse WY85 that they'd be willing to open up and = >measure some voltages on the main PCB? Or just have a copy of the maintenan= >ce manual they could forward me? The 12-pin connector is easy to access, ju= >st remove 2 small screws and pull the PCB out about 2 inches. I'm trying to=
determine if the pinout is the same as the similar WY50, which uses the sa=
me form factor and 12 pin connector.
In article <84d2bb1f-9a41-4423-a5c5-23c3975cba87@googlegroups.com>,
<goddardm@gmail.com> wrote:
Does anyone have a working Wyse WY85 that they'd be willing to open up and = >measure some voltages on the main PCB? Or just have a copy of the maintenan= >ce manual they could forward me? The 12-pin connector is easy to access, ju= >st remove 2 small screws and pull the PCB out about 2 inches. I'm trying to=
determine if the pinout is the same as the similar WY50, which uses the sa=
me form factor and 12 pin connector.
So, let me guess. The power supply on your WY85 has failed, and you want
to know if you can pull one out of a WY50 to replace it?
--scott
--
"C'est un Nagra. C'est suisse, et tres, tres precis."
Not quite, but you've got the right idea. I have a WY50 but it doesn't emul= >ate VT220 (or even VT100) so isn't well supported in linux even with termin= >al type set up correctly. I was hoping I could swap the PCB with one from a=
WY85 (there's a few on eBay right now), which does properly emulate vt220.
True, I should clarify. Certain applications I want to use with it
aren't entirely compatible, if at all
On 2017-04-30, Mitch Goddard <goddardm@gmail.com> wrote:
True, I should clarify. Certain applications I want to use with it
aren't entirely compatible, if at all
Programs that crank out hard-coded VT100/ANSI codes can be run under
GNU screen. GNU screen intercepts escape sequences from applications
and outputs its own escape sequences to control the screen; it will >effectively translate to Wyse 50 for you.
Kaz Kylheku <686-678-9105@kylheku.com> wrote:
On 2017-04-30, Mitch Goddard <goddardm@gmail.com> wrote:
True, I should clarify. Certain applications I want to use with it
aren't entirely compatible, if at all
Programs that crank out hard-coded VT100/ANSI codes can be run under
GNU screen. GNU screen intercepts escape sequences from applications
and outputs its own escape sequences to control the screen; it will >>effectively translate to Wyse 50 for you.
Programs that incorporate hardcoded terminal control sequences are BROKEN.
There was an excuse for that back in the 1970s, but in the Unix world we
got curses in V/32 and unless your code is older than that, anyone deliberately
bypassing curses is NOT COMPETENT and should not be allowed near a computer.
I think there might be some confusion. The terminal works well, it's
only when trying to view man pages that the content isn't displayed >correctly.
Maybe someone can help me with some of the issues I'm having with the
WY50 then, since it doesn't seem that I'll be able to "upgrade" it to a
WY85 like I thought.
I think there might be some confusion. The terminal works well, it's
only when trying to view man pages that the content isn't displayed >correctly.
Given that the WY-50 is a ~35 year old piece of hardware, your best
bet is to replace all the aging capacitors in the hardware and then
retest. You shouldn't need to replace the ceramic disc capacitors,
just the electrolytic ones.
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