Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: Weber Hsiao wrote: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc QuestionWhat your wife bought = is the Sony's PC link. One end is a serial connection that connects to = COMX of your computer and the other is a S-link connection that connects = to the Sony Unit. It is used to CONTROL Sony's Minidisc = players/recorders. Sony bundles this with their GUI allowing you to = control your Minidisc player/recorder via the GUI. For example, you can = shuffle songs around simply by clicking and dragging the songs into the = desired location.=20 Ralph Smeets wrote: Hmmm, strange Sounds like a cable to title. Didn't it come with any Software? Cheers, Ralph - wasn't there a manual with it? Thanks. To answer the questions: No software came with it. Nor reference to anything about connecting to a PC via software or using a S-Link in the manual. The cable was in a seprate plastic bag and Kodak was written on it. Dave I bet it's a cable to transfer pictures from a Kodak digital camera onto a computer. It looks like the vender doesn't realy now what's he talking about. Cheers, Ralph - or maybe he wants to sell your wife a digital camera next time? -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
=== The original message was multipart MIME=== === All non-text parts (attachments) have been removed === MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc QuestionWhat your wife bought = is the Sony's PC link. One end is a serial connection that connects to = COMX of your computer and the other is a S-link connection that connects = to the Sony Unit. It is used to CONTROL Sony's Minidisc = players/recorders. Sony bundles this with their GUI allowing you to = control your Minidisc player/recorder via the GUI. For example, you can = shuffle songs around simply by clicking and dragging the songs into the = desired location.=20 - Original Message -=20 From: David and Susan Tedeschi=20 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 Sent: Thursday, March 23, 2000 5:34 AM Subject: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question My wife picked up a Sony MZ R-70 Mini Disc in Hong Kong this weekend.=20 The salesmen gave her a bunch of extra cables. One of the cables he=20 give her, he said it was the digital connect from the computer to the=20 Mini Disc. The cable has on one end, a serial connection and on the=20 other end, a Stereo mini plug. The cable reminded me of a digital=20 camera connection. He told her that the mini plug should go into the=20 optical port on the Mini Disc. So I connected the serial end to COM1=20 and plugged the other into the Mini Disc. In to MS-DOS I went and = tried=20 copying a wav file to the serial port. All I got was white noise on = the=20 Disc.=20 So I started surfing the net for more information, hence my = subscription=20 to this list and this question.=20 Can one copy from the PC to a Mini Disc via this serial / Stereo=20 mini-plug cable?=20 Thanks=20 --=20 David Tedeschi=20 Stranger in a Strange Land=20 Chinhae Korea=20 -=20 To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word=20 "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]=20 === MIME part removed : text/html; === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
[EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote: My wife picked up a Sony MZ R-70 Mini Disc in Hong Kong this weekend. The salesmen gave her a bunch of extra cables. One of the cables he give her, he said it was the digital connect from the computer to the Mini Disc. The cable has on one end, a serial connection and on the other end, a Stereo mini plug. The cable reminded me of a digital camera connection. He told her that the mini plug should go into the optical port on the Mini Disc. So I connected the serial end to COM1 and plugged the other into the Mini Disc. In to MS-DOS I went and tried copying a wav file to the serial port. All I got was white noise on the Disc. So I started surfing the net for more information, hence my subscription to this list and this question. Can one copy from the PC to a Mini Disc via this serial / Stereo mini-plug cable? Thanks Hmmm, strange Sounds like a cable to title. Didn't it come with any Software? Cheers, Ralph - wasn't there a manual with it? -- === Ralph SmeetsFunctional Verification Centre Of Competence - CMG Voice: (+33) (0)4 76 58 44 46 STMicroelectronics Fax:(+33) (0)4 76 58 40 11 5, chem de la Dhuy Mobile: (+33) (0)6 82 66 62 70 38240 MEYLAN E-Mail: [EMAIL PROTECTED] FRANCE === "For many years, mankind lived just like the animals. And then something happened that unleashed the powers of our imagination: We learned to talk." -- Stephen Hawking, later used by Pink Floyd -- === - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Re: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc Question
Weber Hsiao wrote: MD: Computer Com Serial Port to Mini Disc QuestionWhat your wife bought = is the Sony's PC link. One end is a serial connection that connects to = COMX of your computer and the other is a S-link connection that connects = to the Sony Unit. It is used to CONTROL Sony's Minidisc = players/recorders. Sony bundles this with their GUI allowing you to = control your Minidisc player/recorder via the GUI. For example, you can = shuffle songs around simply by clicking and dragging the songs into the = desired location.=20 Ralph Smeets wrote: Hmmm, strange Sounds like a cable to title. Didn't it come with any Software? Cheers, Ralph - wasn't there a manual with it? Thanks. To answer the questions: No software came with it. Nor reference to anything about connecting to a PC via software or using a S-Link in the manual. The cable was in a seprate plastic bag and Kodak was written on it. Dave - To stop getting this list send a message containing just the word "unsubscribe" to [EMAIL PROTECTED]
