Re: Help for //c to Mac serial transfer

[nathan@winternet.com (Nathan Mates)]

In article <31CC909D.2924@mbox.vol.it>,
Vitacolonna Nicola  <vitaco@mbox.vol.it> wrote:
>I need help about how to transfer ASCII files and possibly entire Dos 
>3.3 and ProDOS disks from my //c to Mac using a serial connection. I'd 
>like to know which type of cables I should use (I really appreciate 
>some scheme, eventually) and how to configure communication programs (I 
>have Access // for //c, and programs like Z-Term for Mac; are they 
>useful?).

   Pinouts for quite a number of Apple II connectors, including the
serial ports on a //c, and GS/IIc+/Mac are available on the web. Just
drop by http://www.ugcs.caltech.edu/~nathan/a2stuff/pinouts.html and
take a look. To make a simple serial cable (no handshaking, but that
shouldn't be necessary for 4800 or 9600), just connect the grounds on
both sides, and swap the TD and RD lines on each side (Transmit on one
side is the Receive on the other.)

   Configuration on both sides should be the same: 4800 or 9600, 8n1,
no hardware handshaking.

Nathan Mates



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