Re: TI-H: person making mac link
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Re: TI-H: person making mac link
>>Its common knowlege to BSD/mac programmers... I'm pretty sure youll find
>>what you need in ioctl
>>
>>Grant
>>
>>>>Pin 7 isn't dead. Its GPi.
>>>>
>>>>
>>>>>>There is two outputs and two inputs on each mac serial cable... They
>>>>>>work
>>>>>>with RTS/CTS DTR/DCR and all that junk...
>>>>>
>>>where did you find that? and how can you read it? ive looked thru the
>>>device manager and serial drivers and cant find anything on that. any help
>>>would be appreciated
>
>i found info on GPi... i wont be able to use it. id need another output....
>
>maybe i could use TxD for the output...
>
>anyway, i only found information on reading GPi's status on the modem and
>printer ports
>
>id like to support any serial ports, not just modem and printer ports
>do you have any info on reading GPi on any serial driver? not just
>modem/printer ports?
>
>btw... i have come up with a design that i think will work with my daul
>serial port plan. see if you think it will work or if you see a problem
>with it
>
>it seems to work so far, i'm going to start trying to communicate with the
>calc tommarow
>
>pepsi@chicagonet.net
>
>
> ----T1-----
> E B C
> | | |
> | \R +-------HSKi
> | /1
>HSKo--+ \
> |
> |
> CalcData
Yes. A bi-directional shift register could be used (4 of the bits) to form
the necessary lines. Then the link would operate on both PC and MAC.
(You could also use a .30 cent 165 and 164 also...)
Grant
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