This is a small project to work on an esoteric dial box that was recovered from the psychology building at FSU.
The dial box has a single wiki-page with some information on the connection.
A webarchive page is here -just in case
and there is another wikipedia page that sports the same images and includes some links to bits of code that will run the dial box.
I traced down the datasheet for the rs232driver in case i decide it will be easier to bypass the rs232 chip and hook up to 5v logic. LT10801fe Rs232 Driver
I was interested in (and copied) the python code located in the wayback machine here --> Python Script
There is also an SGI dial box pinout located at SGI dial box
SGI Dialbox to O2/Octane/etc Female DB9 to Female DB9. Contributed by Alvaro Moron Alonso, alvarom@madrid.sgi.com
| o2 (female) | Dial Box (female) |
|---|---|
| 1 (DCD) | 8 (DCD) |
| 2 (RD) | 3 (RD) |
| 3 (TD) | 2 (TD) |
| 5 (SG) | (GND) |
| 7 (RTS) | 4 (RTS) |
| 8 (CTS) | 5 (CTS) |
Here is an info page that I ak keeping to get this project working. -This document is purely for educational purposes, the current images are from an educational page located at Virtual Serial Port