Re: Psion 3a question!

[wernst@cris.com (Warren "Llama" Ernst)]

dalloff@freenet.columbus.oh.us (Dave Althoff) wrote:

>
>I realize that my Psion does not have an Apple logo anywhere on it, and
>perhaps this doesn't belong here.  But I'll check anyway...
>
>I've had my Psion 3a palmtop computer for about a month now, and it's
>great.  Gives me the functionality of a laptop, since no A][ laptop
>currently exists, only it is smaller and cheaper.  Just today, I got the
>serial link cable, and the software.
>
>Of course, the software does me absolutely no good, since I have a IIgs,
>not a Pee Cee.  Except for the built-in communications software.  That
>should work just fine.  Here's the set-up with my IIgs:
>
>                             /--->Modem (now in use, so the sw. works!)
>                            /
>GS Modem Port-->Switch Box-<
>                            \
>                             \-(IW-I cable)->DB-25F/DB-9M adapter->Psion
>
>I'm pretty sure the switch box works, though I had to disassemble it to
>get the cables to actually connect to the jacks inside.  I'm running
>ANSITerm, with the high-speed modem port driver.  But as I type on the GS,
>I get nothing on the Psion.  As I type on the Psion, I get nothing on the GS.
>
>So, has anyone else tried to do this?  Am I missing something?  The cable
>from the switch to the Psion is an ImageWriter I cable, connected to a
>port adapter (DB-25F -> DB-9M) and the Psion cable has a female DB-9
>designed to connect directly to the serial port on a PC.
>
>Any advice welcome!

I have a Psion 3a 2Meg, and I love it. I sort of think of it as a palm
sized Apple 2, BTW. Anyway, you need a null modem connector between
your Psion-Link serial cable and the GS serial connection. That's it.

Virtually,
Warr
former Beagle Bros tech support
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