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From: laird@think.com (Laird Popkin)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds
Subject: Re: ST -> Portfolio
Message-ID: <1991May7.181723.27842@Think.COM>
Date: 7 May 91 18:17:23 GMT
References: <1991May07.065635.16632@actrix.gen.nz>
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In article <1991May07.065635.16632@actrix.gen.nz> harry@actrix.gen.nz (Harry Page) writes:
>
>I have just brought a Portfolio and wish to connect it to my Atari
>ST via the parallel port. The software shipped with the Portfolio
>is only for IBM compatibles. Does anyone know where I can get
>software to talk to my ST? Has anyone had any success running the PC
>software under an emulator like PC ditto? What should the cable look
>like? Any help would be much appreciated...

There is a program which you can use on an Atari ST, with a special cable,
to transfer files between the ST and Portfolio.  The ST program and
instructions on creating the cable are available on GEnie (commercial
network), and hopefully on some FTP site somewhere.  If you don't want to
make the cable (which is surprisingly complex, with a chip or two involved!),
someone is selling the pre-built cable for about $35.

I don't have a copy of the file, or I would post it to an FTP site and
tell you where it is.  But at least you know that the information exists
and where you can get it...

>Harry

- Laird Popkin, Thinking Machines

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