Re: Going MAD : IIGS <-> PC Null modem

["Bill Garber" <willy4SPAM6pa@comXcast.net>]

"Zouplaz" <pouet@pouet.com> wrote in message
news:Xns940B974C5F96CZoupla@213.228.0.32...
> Hi everybody,
>
> I'he been fighting hours trying to setup a connection via a serial line
> from my IIGS to my PC/Linux box.
>
> Datas goes from the IIGS to Linux (using minicom) but nothing goes from
> Linux to the GS.
>
> Few months ago I've done the same test with windows 2000 and procuded the
> same phenomenom.
>
> I don't know what to do, the only cables I own haves plastic glued
> minidin  connectors that I can't open without destroying them. Only the
> DB25 side is opened and I can see the solders.
>
> The cable I'm using is configured like that :
>
> MinDin         DB25
> 1 (HsKo) <--> 5 (CTS)
> 2 (HSKi) <--> 4 (RTS)
> 3 (TxD-) <--> 3 (RxD)
> 4 (GND)  <--> 7 (SG)
> 5 (RxD-) <--> 2 (TxD)
>
> 7 (GPi) Unconnected
> 4,8 (GND,RxD+) not connected each others
>
>
> This is very frustrating because I'm living in a small town with NO
> supply part seller (electronic components, cables, and so on), so I can't
> by a minidin to setup the missing wiring.
>
> By the way, I've used the same null modem cable 3 years ago to transfert
> several files between my GS and my PC (running W2k). The PC was a quite
> old one (a 2xPentium Pro 200). And it worked fine !!!!
>
> 6 months ago I've done another try : nothing, and now nothing too ! Last
> time I even tried with an old old 286 laptop and it didn't work either.
>
> I even wonder if the serial ports of my IIGS could be broken.
>
> Please, please help me !!!

Is it possible you are using the wrong port on the GS?
The printer port (#1) will only transmit. Try the other
port and use slot 2. This is only a guess. I would think
that if you used the same cable before that it should work
again.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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