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Re: Dip Switches on an Apple Super Serial Card



Go to this site, they show the settings for the apple 2 super serial card.

http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#013

If you are having problems, it is most likely due to a baud rate which is
too high.


"David Wilson" <david@uow.edu.au> wrote in message
news:3ab43080$1@news.uow.edu.au...
> kellihanb@aol.comDelete (KellihanB) writes:
> >I'm wondering... my Super Serial Card II has the DIP switches marked with
one
> >side as "Open" the other side not.  With most things electronics, I'd
assume
> >"Open" means "Off"... however I've been getting some strange results with
the
> >card... which way is it supposed to be? Open is "on" or Open is "Off"?
>
> Typically switches like that have pull up resistors and when closed ground
> the signal. Thus open = high = 1, closed = low = 0.
>
> +5v
> |
> \
> /
> \ 10k resistor (example value)
> /
> |
> +----------- input
> |
> |
>   /
> /
> /
> |
> |
> |
> - Gnd
> --
> David Wilson  School of IT & CS, Uni of Wollongong, Australia