Re: ADT Not Working

["Krack" <krack@kracker.com>]

Wonderful!  Thank you very much for the concise instructions. You should
post these on the faq's. Everything worked just as you said.
<noone@nowhere.net> wrote in message 3A825346.B3BEAB40@nowhere.net">news:3A825346.B3BEAB40@nowhere.net...
> Krack wrote:
> > I am trying to load adt on my apple IIe.
>
> OK, lets try it this way without any comm software at all, who needs
> it?  We will essentially make the IBM type in the program on the Apple
> II using the comm ports of both computers.
>
> With nothing more than a SSC and the ADT and DOS files on your PC, you
> can do this fairly easily. This simple instruction sheet requires that
> you have downloaded the PC version of ADT and uncompressed it in a
> folder on the C: drive.
>
> (I modified these instructions for your specific hardware/software.)
>
> For the Apple Computer---
> 1. Turn off your Apple II computer, take the lid off and rub the power
> supply box 3 times for luck.  (and to dissipate any static electricity
> on your person.)
>
> 2. Set the SSC card for 300baud  (Note: your dip setting did not match
> these.)
> Switches are as follows 0=off=down, 1=on=up
> 1001111 - 1101110
> Just left of the rainbow colored cable there is a 'chip' with a triangle
> on it.  Make sure the triangle points towards the bottom of the card
> since you are using a regular modem cable to the PC.
>
> 3. Place the SSC card into slot two of your Apple II.
>
> 4. Plug in the modem cable to both computers
>
> For the WinDoze Computer--
> 5. Uncompress the ADT122.zip into a folder with the name adt122 on the
> root of the C: drive for convenience.
>
> 6. Use your mouse to select Start/ Programs/ MsDOS Prompt
>
> 7. Set up the port for communications.  Type in the following command at
> the dos prompt, replace the X with a port number,  1 or 2 where the
> cable is plugged in.
>
> mode comX baud=300 data=8 stop=1 parity=n
>
> 8. Turn on the Apple IIe and boot up a DOS 3.3 disk and type the
> following command.
>
> IN#2
>
> Note: If you do not have a DOS 3.3 disk, you can create one by sending
> the DOS33 file instead of the ADT file, using these instructions to
> transfer the DOS33 file, then following Rubywand's instructions on
> making a bootable disk.
>
> 9. Go back to your Windows machine and type this into your Dos Prompt
> window.  The first two lines move to to the folder where you have the
> ADT files.  Then the third line starts typing the file on the Apple II.
> Replace the X with the port number, 1 or 2 as you did above.
>
> c:
> cd c:\adt122
> TYPE ADT.DMP>comX
>
> 10. If the ADT file transfers, it will save itself to the disk.  If this
> happened, you are set.  If you have errors, email me so I may assist you
> one on one, so to speak, after you try this instruction set again.
>
> I verified this procedure a couple days ago and had no problems.  Just
> remember to do the IN#2 on the Apple before you do try and transfer the
> file.  (Took a really long time to transfer DOS33 at 300baud before I
> could send the ADT program.)
>
> 11. Once you have ADT on both computers, you should set both machines to
> 19200 baud and work from there using the ADT program to transfer
> standard DOS33 and ProDOS disks.  The SSC card switch settings are as
> follows for 1900 baud.
> 0000111 - 1101110
>
> Thankx,
> Ed
> eeastmanNO@SPAMapple2.com
>
> Note: Rubywand claims this won't work because of the CRLF thing and
> because of the DOS window thing being slow, but I have verified this
> about 4 times in the last couple years that it does in fact work.  Every
> time.  The only problem I have seen suing this technique is when the
> cable doesn't have all the proper handshaking wires.