Subject: Re: Xformer Cable From: rely@ix.netcom.com(Robert Smith Ely) Date: 1996/07/17 Message-Id: <4sin4v$t7q@dfw-ixnews6.ix.netcom.com> Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit In <31EC2289.6EF6@ncweb.com> Bill Somrak writes: > >midway@ix.netcom.com wrote: >> >> I bought the Xformer cable, and when I connect it from my disk drive >> to my parallel port and start Xformer with the -x (or whatever it was) >> command, apparently the thing isn't detected. Can someone tell me what >> is up here? > >Sorry to hear it, but, apparently, Mr. Mihocka's cables work about as >well as his software .... > >Bill >-- > ****************************************************************** > * /\_/\ /\_/\ * mailto:cooncat@ncweb.com * > * Hi! | O O | | O O | * http://www.ncweb.com:80/users/lws * > * = v = = v = * kb8eb @ wa8bxn.oh.usa.na * > * from ^ ^ ************************************* > * "Data" & "Geordi" * It's a BABY; NOT a Choice! * > * Bill (my 2 cats) * Please Spay or Neuter * > * say "Hello" too! * your pet cat or dog! * > ****************************************************************** First off, which version of PC Xformer are you using. It must be 3.50 or later. Curiously, I was about to build this cable from the wiring instructions provided by BraSoft. It shows the following cable connections: SIO end PC end (DB25) 2 3 5 5 7 7 10 9 3 11 4 18 4.7K ohm resistor connecting pins 2 and 11 The odd part of this is that RS232C does NOT use pins 9,11 and 18 They are either reserved or not used. What is he doing here? I don't have a db25 serial port on my PC, so I wanted to convert this to db9. Can't be done since these pins don't match anything on the db9 configuration. I wish Darek had listed the pin ID names so the instructions would make sense. Anyone with a working PC Xformer cable, please identify the correct wiring and post you results. rely@ix.netcom.com Note: This is a connection betweeen the PC-parallel port and the SIO. Enjoy, Matt