Re: Serial Card ...

["Dr. Wolfgang Otrebski" <wolfgang.otrebski@siemens.at>]

Byron Desnoyers Winmill wrote:
> 
> Okay, I have two cards here which may be functional serial cards, if I only
> knew how to use them.
> 
> The first is the "Serial //" card.  It causes video corruption on the //e no
> matter which slot it is placed in.  Does anybody know if this card worked
> with the //e in the first place?  Could the video corruption be cause by the
> 16 or so dip switches being out of place?  Could it be cause by a spoiled,
> non-ROM chip?
dip switches out of place - probably not.
 IMHO this card is simply dead.
Or at least some chip/transistor/capacitor is dead. You probably need
some electronics fossil doing the repair for You in his/her spare time
just for fun...

there should be enough terminal software on asimov that recognizes
a serial card and is able to use it.
 
> The second card is a "Hayes MicroModem II".  I don't have the decoupler and
> I don't really know if it is a serial card -- but it may be.  (And I can
> always hope.)

- nope
the second card is just what it says - a modem card. just hook up to a
phone line ad Lo! dial up and download - with measly speed but it should
work
rgds,
wolfgang
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