diff --git a/README.md b/README.md index 1da6772..e52e024 100644 --- a/README.md +++ b/README.md @@ -78,9 +78,9 @@ and the original manuals, you can also go to the The compiled "tek4010" program is for a Raspberry Pi. If you are on Ubuntu, do the following to recompile the program. On the Raspberry Pi you can skip this step. - sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev - rm tek4010 - make + sudo apt-get install libgtk-3-dev + rm tek4010 + make Thanks to Lars Brinkhoff (lars@nocrew.org) to pointing out how easy it is to compile tek4010 on Ubuntu. He also helped me to fix some bugs and proposed many nice features. Don't forget to @@ -251,13 +251,13 @@ system and simh properly, before detaching the terminal emulator! **Using tek4010 with a serial link** -Teunis van Beelen has written a [helper program](https://gitlab.com/Teuniz/rs232-console) to use tek4010 with +Teunis van Beelen has written a nice [helper program](https://gitlab.com/Teuniz/rs232-console) to use tek4010 with a serial link. This is beta-test software at the moment. Feedback to rricharz77@gmail.com is very much appreciated. First, install the helper program. The helper program is on gitlab, not github. cd - git clone git://gitlab.com/Teuniz/rs232-console + git clone https://gitlab.com/Teuniz/rs232-console cd rs232-console make @@ -266,21 +266,26 @@ in /home/pi/bin or /usr/bin. Test the serial connection to your host using rs232-console with - rs232-console <-p port> <-b baudrate> <-m mode> <-f hardware> + rs232-console <-p port> <-b baudrate> <-m mode> <-f hardware> -Details of the command line parameters of rs232-console can be found in its README file. +Details of the command line parameters of rs232-console can be found in the README file of rs232-console. Once this works, you can use it with tek4010 as follows: - ./tek4010 [options of tek4010] rs232-console [options of rs232-console] + ./tek4010 [options of tek4010] rs232-console [options of rs232-console] It has happened that the serial port remained locked after tek4010 is quit. I think this has been fixed, but if it still happens, please report details to rricharz77@gmail.com, and use, - pkill rs232-console + pkill rs232-console to kill any still running rs232-console process and unlock the serial port. +The serial connection was tested on a PiDP-11 and a historical PDP-11/73 using RT11. The +COPY FILENAME.PLT TT: command was used in RT11 to avoid the filtering of some control codes +in TYPE. The tests were made using MX-Linux and a FTDI USB to RS232 converter to connect to +the serial port of the PDP-11. + **Options of the command tek4010** Call the command tek4010 using the following syntax: