Re: ADT issue

["Simon Biber" <xbiber@bigpond.net.au>]

A couple of things to try:

Try putting a null-modem in the string of cables.

Try using Hyperterminal instead of the DOS commands.

Simon.

> I am hoping someone can help me with a confounding problem.  I have just
> started getting back into Apple II's, and I am trying to connect a IIc to
my
> PC to transfer disk images (both ways, down and up).  Here's what I have:
> Both a Win98 and a Win2K Server box
> 5 different IIc's in varying states of tune ;-)
> An Apple IIc to Imagewriter I cable (din5 to din25)
> A female Din25 to Female Din9 serial adapter from Radio Shack
>
> I connect it all up (to either Windows box), type IN#2 on the IIc, and go
to
> a DOS prompt and type the following:
> mode comX: baud=300 data=8 parity=n
> type adtgs.dmp >comX:
>
> Where comX is replaced by Com1 (the serials port on my windows boxes).
>
>  I get a "Write fault error writing device com1" on the 98 box and a
"System
> cannot write data" error on the 2K box.
>
> Any ideas?  This is driving me nuts.  I purchased a brand-new IIc to
> Imagewriter I cable off of ebay, thinking it was my old cable, to no
avail.