Hacking the DECmate serial port

[Ethan Dicks]

On 4/28/05, Wai-Sun Chia <waisun.chia at gmail.com> wrote:
> I'm trying to use the DECmate/VT278 in terminal emulation mode (VT100)
> via the serial board/DP278, but at this mode all the docs says that
> it's only restricted 4800.
> 
> Has anybody done it or is it possible to up the speed to at least 9600?
> Is this a hardware or firmware limitation?

Since the 6402 will easily handle speeds over 4800, I _think_ the
limitation is how fast the CPU can emulate a VT100, not how fast can
the UART accept characters, so given your choices, I'd say it's a
firmware limitation.

-ethan