help needed installing USB to Serial Cable for ADTPro

[Joe Giliberti]

Any attempt to connect to view, send or receive results in a host timeout

On Mar 11, 2017 9:15 PM, "Mike Whalen" <mikew at thecomputervalet.com> wrote:

> Are you getting host timeout when you attempt to list a directory?
>
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> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:53 PM Joe Giliberti <starbase89 at gmail.com>
> wrote:
>
>> Not great news :(
>> The computer recognized the serial port on COM5 and ADTPro says that
>> it is connected. I am using the null modem cable from RetroFloppy for
>> the //c and the Radioshack cable with the Prolific chipset (I switched
>> over to this one because I thought this problem was caused by the
>> other cable.) I set the working directory in ADT where the DSK files
>> are and set the baud rate in Windows, ADT on the PC and ADT on the //c
>> all to 19200. When I boot up the //c, I select (R)ecieve, punch in the
>> filename, hit enter and...Host Timeout.
>> Any idea what might not be working now?
>>
>> I really appreciate everyone's help
>>
>> Joe Giliberti
>>
>> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 7:13 PM, Mike Whalen <mikew at thecomputervalet.com>
>> wrote:
>> > Great news!
>> >
>> >
>> > On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 4:49 PM Joe Giliberti via cctalk
>> > <cctalk at classiccmp.org> wrote:
>> >>
>> >> Okay, it's working the ugreen one. I did a stupid and dropped the
>> >> RXTXComm file in the wrong place.
>> >> Well, since all sales are final at Radioshack these days, I've got an
>> >> extra cable...
>> >>
>> >> Thanks again. If I didn't look into the things suggested, I probably
>> >> wouldn't have found my screw-up!
>> >>
>> >> Joe Giliberti
>> >>
>> >> On Sat, Mar 11, 2017 at 5:24 PM, Adrian Graham
>> >> <witchy at binarydinosaurs.co.uk> wrote:
>> >> > On 11/03/2017 21:52, "Joe Giliberti via cctalk" <
>> cctalk at classiccmp.org>
>> >> > wrote:
>> >> >
>> >> >> The cable is branded "Ugreen." I've had difficulties with USB to
>> RS232
>> >> >> adapters in the past, which is why I bought it from the ADTPro
>> >> >> website. I figured that it would be more likely to work straight
>> away.
>> >> >
>> >> > I've had difficulties with everything I've used from ugreen, the
>> latest
>> >> > being an HDMI-DVA adapter which just didn't work 100%. Trouble is
>> with
>> >> > some
>> >> > of these ebay buys you don't know who made it until it lands on your
>> >> > mat.
>> >> >
>> >> >> On a venture to the grocery store today, I stopped in at a
>> Radioshack
>> >> >> which was having a liquidation sale. I bought their "Gigaware" USB
>> to
>> >> >> serial cable for a decent discount at $20. As I understand it, this
>> >> >> one uses a Prolific chipset which can occasionally be troublesome..
>> >> >> Thankfully, there appear to be drivers for it specifically for
>> Windows
>> >> >> 7.
>> >> >
>> >> > Prolific! That's the chipset name I was trying to remember earlier.
>> >> > Seems
>> >> > that most ADTPro folks have more success with that one than the
>> others.
>> >> >
>> >> > --
>> >> > Adrian/Witchy
>> >> > Binary Dinosaurs creator/curator
>> >> > Www.binarydinosaurs.co.uk - the UK's biggest private home computer
>> >> > collection?
>> >> >
>> >> >
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