Re: Apple IIgs and Super Serial card

[Dennis McCormick-Kovacich <dmccor01@ccsf.cc.ca.us>]

blue_calx@my-dejanews.com wrote:
> 
>   I have been trying all night to get my Apple IIgs (stripped, nothing but
> the box + monitor/kbd/dd) to work as a dumb terminal on my Linux box. The
> setup works fine with the Apple IIe I have, but when I throw the Super Serial
> card in the IIgs, it goes crazy, spitting out garbage everywhere. How can I
> either disable the on board serial ports, or get the on board serial ports to
> work with a PC's? Will a simple modem cable for a Mac work? I am lost here. I
> just bought the IIgs a couple of months ago and just got around to using it.
> 
>   Thanks in advance.
>         calx
> 
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Have you tried using the Control Panel to set the appropriate slot to "Your
Card" instead of the external port? The Control Panel is accessed by
OpenApple-Control-Escape (I think, it's been quite a while).
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