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- From: Rick_Michael_Cortese@cup.portal.com
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Connecting an RS232 modem to an Atari?
- Message-ID: <65462@cup.portal.com>
- Date: Tue, 8 Sep 92 11:13:02 PDT
- Organization: The Portal System (TM)
- References: <1992Sep7.231030.7510@constellation.ecn.uoknor.edu>
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- All the programs in the ARC file except this and "RECIEVE.PRN" are
- in 8-bit format so you may have to transfer them to your 8-bit
- before you can read them properly.
-
- How it works: For the most part, the joystick cable can not supply
- enough horsepower to drive a standard RS-232 device. What I did
- was use the hand shaking lines of the device we connect to for
- shaking their own hands/suppling their own drive current. All the
- MPP drivers/telecommunication programs use joystick(2) trigger for
- determining if there's a carrier signal present. We just tie this
- line to ground so it thinks it's connected to another device. To
- use EXPRESS.MPP you just press 'G for answer phone or use 'E and
- just dial a '1 to get to the terminal mode. Once in the terminal
- mode you have to use the Hayes command set to your modem to dial
- (i.e. ATDT 555-1212). For connecting to an ST or clone, you may
- have to use 1/2 duplex on both ends & make sure you set the BAUD
- to 300!
-
- EXAMPLE #1
-
- NULL MODEM FOR USE WITH EXPRESS.MPP OR HANDLERS JOYSTICK(2)
-
- You absolutely have to use the circuitry to protect your 8-
- bit. RS-232 uses -5V to -15V and +5V to +15V for it's logic
- levels. The inputs are high resistance so it's OK to drive
- them with the +5V of the Atari, but if you input a -10V on a
- joystick port, there could be smoke & costly repairs.
-
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- The colors should be as follows:
-
- COLOR PIN #
- WHITE 1
- BLUE 2
- GREEN 3
- BROWN 4
- ORANGE 6
- BLACK 8
-
- Explodo view for connection to FEMALE
- DB-25
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- : : ORANGE
- : 8+---+ : & BLACK
- : +----+20: +
- : : :
- : 7+-----+---------------------+
- : : +19: 5.1V :
- : \_/ : ZENER \_/
- : 6++ /---/ : /-----/
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- : : 5.6K: : :
- : 4++\/\/\+ : :
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- : 3+------+--------WHITE :
- : 15: :
- : : 5.6K :
- : 2+-------------+/\/\/\/+-----+--BLUE
- : 14:
- : :
- : 1 ____:
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- satile set-up. You could really make both types of cables
- cheaper then you could buy a NULL connect
-