Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!swrinde!ucsd!ucbvax!tut.cis.ohio-state.edu!n8emr!bluemoon!dddean From: dddean@bluemoon.uucp (David D. Dean) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Connecting the Atari ST to it's 8-bit counterparts Message-ID: Date: 5 Apr 91 04:10:06 GMT Sender: bbs@bluemoon.uucp (BBS Login) Organization: Blue Moon BBS ((614) 868-9980/2/4) Lines: 28 Hello: I have heard that you could connect the Atari ST to the Atari 8-bits, and then store the 8-bit software on the 3.5'' disks that the ST uses. I was wondering what all was involved in this process. I know that you need the "Null Modem" cable, and that the 8-bit will need some sort of interface, probably the 850... after that, could you just use terminal software for each computer, and then "download" from the 8-bit to the ST?? Now... I have an Atari SX212 that has both the RS232 port for the ST and the port that the 8-bit uses. Would it be possible to just use the modem as a link between the two?? Could I do so without the Null Modem, and just use my RS232??? ALSO: I have heard that the ST can RUN about 90% of the 8-bit software if you have another hardware module... anyone else heard this?? Thanks for any replies!! You can send any replies to: David D. Dean, President David D. Dean, Vice Chairman Explorer Post 891 Exploring Officer's Association AT&T Systems/Bell Labs Central Ohio Council dddean@bluemoon.uucp Columbus, OH 43227 **** Any opinions are that of the author, and NOT of AT&T ****