18 Apr
1998
18 Apr
'98
2:05 a.m.
At 09:24 PM 4/16/98 +0000, you wrote:
On 15 Apr 98 at 1:05, Tony Duell wrote:
[snip]
> Did any of the clones of the Async card have the
current loop interface?
> For that matter, did anyone ever use it for anything?
>
> -tony
>
The IBM Displaywriter PC Attach Convenience Kit (for document transfer
between PC or PCjr and Displaywriter word processor) included a serial
cable with a standard RS-232 connector to the PC async (actually has the
PCjr-style connector with an adapter for use with the PC) and a big fat
connector on the Displaywriter end, that actually includes a mini async
card inside. The manual for the PCACK warns that the IBM Async adapter with
current loopback mode enabled is required to make it work right. I didn't
think the PCjr supported loopback though. It's been some time since I used
the cable to transfer documents and I haven't seen the dox in years.
[snip]
In exploring the programs on the 5150's Hard-card
I found two small programs
from the same company (PLUS) that made the hardcard. One was light.com
and the
other sound.com parameters were light= on/ off , and
sound = on / off .
Since
the h-c itself had no external connectors, I'm
wondering whether these are
for
the cassette port.
I think light was used to simulate a drive access LED on the display.
This 5150 was also configured for 2 serial and 2
parallel
which would square with the serial / para on the int.modem and the printer
port\
on the Herc. leaving one serial unaccounted for. The
only other connector is
the f 37 pin ext. on the fdd controller card. ( for an external drive ? )
Exactly, external 360K.
QUE's
Upgrading and Repairing P.C.'s v.5 (BTW an excellent book with the most
extensive info on PS2 s I've seen -V.5 only) doesn't mention this port tho
it
has a lot of detail on the 5150 and adapter cards.
We use the Mueller books here quite a lot--we stopped buying them after 4
ed. when he dropped the IBM PS lines from the specs section--oddly enough,
the Family Ones (PC, XT, AT, etc.) are still covered in the latest (8?). 3
and 4 both have sections that show the different connector types one is
likely to encounter, and the 37-pin external floppy port is listed there.
He probably dropped it from the later editions to save space.
ciao larry
lwalker(a)interlog.com
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