Re: Can't get parallel link working -- DESPERATE cry for HELP!
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In article <3224c219.330371@peach.america.net>, Moshe Jacobson
<peach@america.net> writes
>If anyone can help me, please do:
>
>I have tried building the parallel link just as Andreas Wesfield's
>instruction's said. I have used 5.1 zener diodes and 1n914 diodes. I have
>tested current flow, that nothing is shorted out, etc. The linktest.com works
>on my sister's 486 and my dad's 486 (my pentium and notebook don't work), but
>neither work with cs85. I have no idea what the problem might be, as I have
>actually used the original ti cable for this. I have tightly crimped the
>connections, and can't figure it out.
>
>I have found with an ohm meter that both the diodes themselves actually create
>a good bit of resistance the way data flows (anode to cathode), and I am
>thinking that this may be the problem as the calculator's signal is working.
>If you have gotten your link to work, please help me.
>
>Thanks a lot,
>Moshe Jacobson
I think you should go to my web page which has hints and tips for
getting parallel links working.
http://www.salokin.demon.co.uk/
It sounds to me as though your diodes may be to blame. You should try
small signal switching diodes.
Good luck.
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