Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!cs.utexas.edu!wuarchive!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!pacific.mps.ohio-state.edu!linac!att!cbnewse!cbnewsd!varney From: varney@cbnewsd.att.com (Al Varney) Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.introduction Subject: Re: Modem Woes Summary: Don't do this at home, boys and girls Message-ID: <1991Apr9.022112.7508@cbnewsd.att.com> Date: 9 Apr 91 02:21:12 GMT References: <1991Apr5.122933.1@watt.ccs.tuns.ca> Sender: Al Varney Distribution: na Organization: AT&T Network Systems Lines: 25 In article <1991Apr5.122933.1@watt.ccs.tuns.ca> macauslandr@watt.ccs.tuns.ca writes: >I recently purchaed an A500 and am having serious problems getting >my modem to work on it (it's your standard hayes compatibles with rs232 >connections). I borrowed a serial cable from a friend who has a 1000 >and plugged it into the back of the machine and .... >... Any help anyone can provide would be greatly appreciated... > >please reply to macauslandr@watt.ccs.tuns.ca or macausr@newton.ccs.tuns.ca Posting OK? STOP! Do not continue this type of hardware attachment!!!! How in the world did you get an A1000 cable to plug into an A500. You either had to change it's sex (gender changer) or you plugged it in to the wrong port (parallel instead of serial). There is a reason it's not easy to plug an A1000 cable into an A500 -- they don't use the same pin arrangement! Take a standard 7-pin modem cable ("PC" version) and use it. Or take a 25-pin straight cable (flat ribbon) and break/pull out pins 9 and 10. Also 11 and 18 if you want to be safe. I've even cut the ribbon itself, near one connector. (See page A-4, "Intro. to the Amiga 500") Note that an A1000 cable MUST be wired for the A1000, since several pins are skewed relative to the "PC" standard. Read the A1000 manual. Al Varney, AT&T Network Systems, att!ihlpf!varney