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- From: v462etnn@ubvmsb.cc.buffalo.edu (David L Anderson)
- Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.8bit
- Subject: Re: Macs and Ataris
- Message-ID: <BxH64F.Lxy@acsu.buffalo.edu>
- Date: 10 Nov 92 00:46:00 GMT
- References: <1992Nov9.035958.44537@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> <1992Nov9.213752.6340@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>
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- In article <1992Nov9.213752.6340@dartvax.dartmouth.edu>, crow@coos.dartmouth.edu (Preston F. Crow) writes...
- >In <1992Nov9.035958.44537@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu> moocow@kuhub.cc.ukans.edu writes:
- >
- >The SIO2PC device is a combination of hardware and software that allows a
- >PC to pretend to be a physical Atari drive. The Atari's SIO signals are
- >translated into RS232 signals by the hardware device, and the PC software
- >interprets these signals and responds in such a way as to emulate an Atari
- >drive (or printer). Unfortunatley, the PC software is (I believe) written
- >in assembly and is not publicly available, making it rather difficult to
- >port.
- SIO2PC is in the public domain (or maybe it's shareware).
- It's available via anonymous FTP from atari archive (the
- exact address escapes me right now).
-
- It's been much improved and I believe the source code
- comes w/ it. If not, disassembly shouldn't be too much
- of a problem.
-
- David Anderson
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