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From: tjm@nsscb.UUCP (Timothy J. Murphy)
Newsgroups: rec.games.video,sci.electronics,comp.sys.atari.st
Subject: Lynx protocol
Keywords: Lynx communications protocol
Message-ID: <1180@nsscb.UUCP>
Date: 21 Dec 89 21:03:18 GMT
Distribution: usa
Organization: AT&T NSSC, S.Plainfield, NJ
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	Atari, expectedly, isn't forthcoming w/ any decent technical info
on the Lynx, specifically the ComLynx port, so now I turn to the world's
most secret pool of knowledge: you people on the Net!
	I'd like to find out just how the heck data is sent over this thing.
The connector looks like an RCA mini phono plug, with 3 distinct areas,
check out below:

        _____________        _   
                     \------/ \
		       |   |   >
	_____________/------\_/

	I assume one section is transmit, one receive, and finally a signal
ground. I'm going to start my Lynx w/ California Games, which allows for
2 players, hook it up to an analyzer, and see if I can determine where transmit,
receive, etc. are coming from, and what the protocol is. I'm obviously making
the assumption this is a serial link, but I can't think of anything else 
that'll make sense (which may just be my inexperience in this area, since
this type of hacking isn't my normal arena). If anyone has any ideas, insights,
warnings, ANYTHING, please let me know! There's scads of potential locked up
in this thing and I want to start getting at it!!!! 



						Thanks hugely, 

							Tim Murphy


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