Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!bonnie.concordia.ca!uunet!cs.utexas.edu!milano!uudell!fquest!williams From: williams@fquest.fidonet.org (Jason Williams) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit Subject: Re: ATR8000 & ST controls 8bit Message-ID: Date: 18 Jun 91 02:54:46 GMT References: <9106160153.AA00321@sun.soe.clarkson.edu> Organization: Future Quest BBS 512-451-0891 1:19/23 Lines: 29 AAron@sun.soe.clarkson.edu writes: > > I am basically looking for 8bit Atari people. And I have two questions. > > 1) Does anyone know what the cable looks like that you use to hook up > your ATR8000 to an RS232 terminal instead of an Atari, for CPM? > I believe it hooks into the SIO port of the ATR8000, but I cannot > figure out which pins are needed... I have experimented, after changing > the jumpers J7 and J10, but had no luck. > > 2) I want to control my 8bit from my ST. My idea is to have the machine > look to the R: instead of looking at E:, for input and output. I have > played with this idea and even got my R: handler to replace the E: > vector in the HATABS ($31A-$33F) upon booting, but then I get a never > ending flow of ERROR 133 (Device or File not Open)... > I thought that was the way to do it... > > I want to use MiNT and MGR and have my ST to use and another MGR window > devoted to another machine! > > I'd really appreciate ANY help on these! > > -AAron -------------------------------------------------------------------------- I don't know but if you find out the pins for the thing could you tell me..I don't even know if SWP still exists...