Hello people!

I recently aquired a TeleVideo 990, branded as Reynolds & Reynolds model RR1000.
I have a 'Parallel laplink' cable plugged in lpt1 port (the only parallel port I have) on the PC, and into the port marked 'parallel' on the terminal.

What on earth do I do now to get it to do something?

I am using this for play, mind you.
How does one get it to work as a std login terminal?
If this is a windowing terminal, how do you do that?
How can I configure it to monitor system events?

Anything practical that I can use to try different things with this hardware would be cool.
Even general info on how the machines talk and how to get them to speak the same language ...

Thanks, I know this is broad, but I have no idea what to even begin to look for.

I checked on Google a bit, this appears to be a standard serial terminal, correct?

To login to a Slackware machine over serial, open up /etc/inittab, and uncomment one or both of these lines:

These two lines enable serial logins on the first and second serial ports, respectively. After you have made the changes to inittab, either reboot, or give the command "init q".

If you just want to send text to the connected serial terminal, something like:

echo "TEST" > /dev/ttyS0

Should print "TEST" on a serial terminal connected to the first serial port.

So what is the port name/address for the printer/parallel port?

I'll give your suggestion a burl anyway to see what it does ...

Thanks so much!!

Gah! Looks like you can't do parallel text-terminals ...

I have a serial to rj-45 converter ... I may be able to snatch another one and use some cat-5 or such ...

You are probably going to need a serial null modem cable, and then a serial to parallel adapter to connect the null modem cable to the actual terminal.