Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!cs.utexas.edu!hellgate.utah.edu!fcom.cc.utah.edu!cc.utah.edu!cc.usu.edu!slsw2 From: slsw2@cc.usu.edu Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds Subject: Re: Atari Portfolio (was Re: Casio Boss models) Message-ID: <1990Nov7.111204.41988@cc.usu.edu> Date: 7 Nov 90 17:12:04 GMT References: <58735@microsoft.UUCP> <1990Nov5.144649.6488@cbnewsj.att.com> Distribution: usa Organization: Utah State University Lines: 28 In article , abl@dart.ece.cmu.edu (Antonio Leal) writes: > 1 - What's the deal with linking the Portfolio with a Mac (or a PC) ? > An ad I've seen asks $190 (ouch!) for cables and software (Mac or PC). > (They also asked $350 for the machine, and $150 for a Micro Modem 2400b) > The Portfolio links to a PC through the parallel port, so you need the parallel port for the portfolio and an IBoringM compatible. There is software available that uses the serial port, but gettting it there in the first place is a bit rough. The parallel ports and serial ports are add-on products that cost money. > 2 - I digged a bit around the net (newsgroups, archives), and didn't > find anything for/about the Portfolio. Is the $190 package mentioned > above so good that nobody bothered rolling their own cables and > bit of software ? Or would standard cables and MacKermit do ? The only problem with the Portfolio is that it is not *hardware* compatible with an IBM PC. Since people tend to use the hardware rather than the BIOS on the PC, there's a lot of stuff that doesn't work. -- =============================================================================== Roger Ivie 35 S 300 W Logan, Ut. 84321 (801) 752-8633 ===============================================================================