> On Feb 21, 2016, at 16:14, Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: > > On Mon, Feb 22, 2016 at 11:59 AM, Mark J. Blair <n...@nf6x.net> wrote: >> >>> On Feb 21, 2016, at 14:41 , Mike Ross <tmfdm...@gmail.com> wrote: >>> Thanks for that. Are you able to provide confirmed working details & >>> pinouts for the cable? IIRC it was just three wire; Rx/Tx/Gnd? Would >>> help if I could have confirmed working setup there. >> >> I'll need to dig inside my machine to verify the wiring; I'll try to >> remember to do that sometime today. I'm pretty sure that it's a simple >> 3-wire connection at 38400 baud. > > That's my understanding too - complicated by the fact that are two > Tx/Rx pairs for the two drives IIRC...
I don't think that is the case. There is a single 3-wire UART interface between the console and the TU58 drive controller board. The single drive controller board runs both of the TU58-XA tape mechanisms. -- Mark J. Blair, NF6X <n...@nf6x.net> http://www.nf6x.net/
