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From: pegram@kira.UUCP (Robert B. Pegram)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Re: Two New Computer Announcements - CeBIT
Message-ID: <1991Apr8.171713.15270@uvm.edu>
Date: 8 Apr 91 17:17:13 GMT
References: <1991Mar31.095414.21978@actrix.gen.nz>
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From article <1991Mar31.095414.21978@actrix.gen.nz>, by Alex.Valdez@bbs.actrix.gen.nz:
> In article <2885@atari.UUCP> trh@atari.UUCP (T R Hall) writes:
>> 	As far as data transfer, both the Notebook and Pad versions of the
>> 	machines will include file-transfer software in the ROMS, transfering
>> 	over parallel-ports to other ST's, and serial ports to non-ATARI
>> 	machines (hopefuly with an existing protocol, so Atari won't have to
>> 	write [shudder!!] MS-DOS software).
 
> I thought the ST's parallel port is output only. Surely one would
> transfer data from the notebook/pad into a regular ST as well.

	Nope, it's bidrectional - but not exactly the way IBM ports
are (which is partly why Portfolio code to transfer to PCs doesn't
work on STs).  I should know, my dear departed 520 got me my BS, as it
ran my Armatron for Senior (EE) project.  The ST sent the arm
commands, and the arm sent back signals when it hit its limits of
motion - all through the parallel port.

> Alex Valdez

Bob Pegram  {anxiously awaiting backordered STE 8-}

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