Re: TI-H: $4 serial link

To: <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Subject: Re: TI-H: $4 serial link
From: "Jon Olson" <morph@jmss.com>
Date: Sun, 8 Mar 1998 17:50:28 -0500
Reply-To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org


I've build the $5 parallel link. works great. Most of the time, i use CAL
for linking, but a lot of people have had problems with that. However, there
are other programs that they say work fine, so i suggest trying one of them.

-- Jon Olson

-----Original Message-----
From: Matt Johnson <Matt.Johnson@wmich.edu>
To: ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org <ti-hardware@lists.ticalc.org>
Date: Sunday, March 08, 1998 5:23 PM
Subject: TI-H: $4 serial link


>
>I have built the $4 serial link and have not had any success in linking.
>I tried it using all of the link software on ticalc. The calc cursor
>stops when I plug the link port into the calc. The led lights. I double
>checked my connections and can't find anything wrong with them.
>Has anyone ever had success in building a homemade link?
>
>If so which link and what software did you use?
>
>Also, does anyone have any suggestions as to how I can get this link
>working?
>
>I was forced to use 5.1v zeners instead of 4.7v zeners, would this make
>a difference?
>
>-mj <matt.johnson@wmich.edu>
>