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On 12 January 2018 at 23:26, Brian White <[email protected]> wrote: > This is why I tested out all those actual cables, exactly for this reason, > to have a known good reference that anyone can buy off the shelf with no > more possible mystery about the wiring. Everything is done all in the one > part. No gender changers, no null-modem adapters. No possible mysteries. If > you get any of those 3 "ideal" cables, then the wiring is correct. If you > get any of the other cables, the wiring is *still* correct, just only for > software flow control (which is everything but HTERM). > > By "test" I don't just mean I used them and they appeared to work. I mean I > actually mapped out all the connections with a continuity tester. > > Same goes for the usb adapters. I actually tested those too so they are > known good references, not just typical examples. > > Since it sounds like you have 2 usb adapters, you can prove them and > eliminate a whole lot of variables at once by just hooking them together > (with a null-modem adapter) run dlplus on ttyUSB0 and run TpddTool on > ttyUSB1 to load and save files to dlplus. > > Copy files in both directions and then "cmp" against the originals. > > Assuming that produces clean copies, that proves out and eliminates the > linux computers motherboard cpu ram etc, the os, the usb-serial drivers, the > usb-serial hardware, and the dlplus software. > > -- > bkw > > On Jan 13, 2018 1:03 AM, "Peter Vollan" <[email protected]> wrote: >> >> TS DOS. I have a Rexx actually. And dlplus under loinux mint. Yes I >> know it should not be this hard. I wish we lived in "should" land. >> >> >> On 12 January 2018 at 21:17, John R. Hogerhuis <[email protected]> wrote: >> > You're still having wiring problems, I guess. >> > >> > You didn't mention what disk service you're using, maybe you did before. >> > >> > We really need to have a kit or something for people... it really >> > shouldn't >> > be this hard. >> > >> > On Fri, Jan 12, 2018 at 3:54 PM, Peter Vollan <[email protected]> >> > wrote: >> >> >> >> Well, darn it, I thought I had succeeded, again. I got a M ->F null >> >> modem cable, and hooked it between the usb to serial cable and the db9 >> >> to db25 cable. TS DOS on my model 100 will show the directory on the >> >> host. Then when you try to download something, it says; no disk in >> >> drive. Then it turns out the the file is in the m100's directory, but >> >> either it is empty or it is fill of pages of "^@" with the wrong file >> >> at the end. I can upload most of the time, though. So close, and yet >> >> so far. I understand that I should not have to make my own adaptor, >> >> but if I do, then I will know that it is right, and the problem is >> >> something else. BTW I am back to using the "prolific" serial to usb >> >> cable, the consensus seems to be that that part does not matter. >> >> >> >> >> >> On 11 January 2018 at 07:45, Kurt McCullum <[email protected]> >> >> wrote: >> >> > There is a pinout in the mComm manual in the members file area of >> >> > Club100.org. It is under my name. Brian has tested a number of off >> >> > the >> >> > shelf >> >> > cables and found several that work. But if you want the pinout, check >> >> > the >> >> > manual I put together. >> >> > >> >> > Kurt McCullum >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > On Wednesday, January 10, 2018 3:48 PM, Peter Vollan >> >> > <[email protected]> >> >> > wrote: >> >> > >> >> > >> >> > Where can I find a diagram of the correct null modem connection for >> >> > the Model 100? I may make one myself to be sure to get it right. >> >> > >> >> > >> > >> >
