Re: ADTPro Issue Transferring IIgs-->WinXP

["Polymorph" <polymorph69@hotmail.com>]

On Feb 27, 2:32 pm, "schmidtd" <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> On Feb 26, 9:40 pm, "Polymorph" <polymorp...@hotmail.com> wrote:> On Feb 27, 12:29 pm, "schmidtd" <schmi...@my-deja.com> wrote:
> > I'll have to do some more testing tonight when I get home to determine
> > exactly what version of ADT I got working - as I said, I think it was
> > ADT_2005 but I can't say for certain. I'll try ADT_2006 (if that's not
> > what I used) and see what the outcome is also.
>
> > Do you have any ideas as to why it would work in one direction but not
> > the other?
>
> Handshaking and lines/cables are what come to mind immediately.
> Timing is maybe a possibility... is your IIgs accelerated?  I just
> lucked into a free(!) TransWarp'd IIgs and it absolutely hauls.  I get
> something like 2x performance throughput improvement.  Transferring
> 800k disks, the drive never even spins down - it keeps busy.  Ah,
> never mind - I'm just bragging now.
>
> > If it makes any difference (I suspect it doesn't), but my machine is a
> > ROM03. I do have a ROM01 as well if you think that it would be
> > worthwhile testing from that machine.
>
> I have both, and haven't noticed a difference.  I however also had bad
> serial ports on one ROM03 mobo - you might try your ROM01 just to rule
> bad serial ports.
>
> > Thanks for your help, and thanks for a really neat program! I have
> > been using it successfully since you 1st introduced it and this is the
> > first time I've encountered problems (vast majority of usage was to
> > get disk images *onto* my IIgs).
>
> You're welcome.  It's really been a fun little project.   My wife
> thinks I'm crazy, but there you go.  I have the sneaking suspicion I'm
> not alone in that respect.
>
> > I'll post back tonight after I do some more testing...
>
> Thanks.

OK, I have done some more testing and the results are as follows:

1) ADT_2006 works - I am able to send disk images from the IIgs to
WinXP with no problems
2) I hooked my ROM01 IIgs up and it functioned exactly the same as my
ROM03 (ie. ADTPro would not transfer images IIgs-->WinXP)

Why would ADT_2006 work OK, but not ADTPro? Does ADT_2006 use hardware
handshaking? If it does, then I would presume that my wiring is
correct. This would then point to some configuration problem on WinXP.
If ADT_2006 does not use hardware handshaking, then maybe I do have an
issue with my cable.

This is the table I used to construct/test my dedicated IIgs cable
(taken from http://home.swbell.net/rubywand/Csa2T1TCOM.html#006):

   IIgs
Mini-Din 8  Dsub-9F  Signal

  3               2           RXD
  5               3           TXD
  4,8            5           GND
  2               7           RTS
  1               1,6,8     CTS, DSR, DCD
  7               4           DTR

So David, do you have any ideas that I can test further?

thanks,
-p