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- This is a summary of the information given in an article which appeared in
- Archive magazine October 1992 by Richard Oldman, 4 Egbert Gardens, Runwell,
- Wickford, Essex SS11 7BH Please contact him for detailed information, a copy
- of the original article or to have a cable made up etc.
-
-
- Archimedes to Psion Series 3 comms link
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- * MCLINK runs happily under the PC emulator on the Archimedes, but the
- 3-Link cable doesn't work properly with the Archimedes' non-standard
- serial port.
-
- * To make a conversion lead, you need
- 2 9-pin D plugs, 1 male, 1 female.
- 2 metalised D hoods
- a length of 9-way screened RS-232-use cable.
-
- IBM PC end (i.e. end of 3-link) Archimedes end
- Pin 1 not used
- Pin 2 ---------------------------------------Pin 2
- Pin 3 ---------------------------------------Pin 3
- Pin 4 ---------------------------------------Pin 4 (solder to Pin 1 as well)
- Pin 5 ---------------------------------------Pin 5
- Pin 6 ---------------------------------------Pin 8
- Pin 7 ---------------------------------------Pin 7
- Pin 8 ---------------------------------------Pin 6
- Pin 9 not used
-
- * To change the Archimedes software to default to the same as the Series 3,
- use the *Configure command:
- *CONFIGURE BAUD 7 [sets to 9600]
- *CONFIGURE DATA 5 (followed by Ctrl-Break) [sets to 8bits no parity]
-
- You can now check the settings by typing *STATUS
-
- * MCLINK can now be run and should work as advertised for a PC etc
-
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- The above works OK for Archimedes PC emulator versions 1.34 and 1.70. A3000
- users would have to check they have the serial chips fitted. No testing has
- been carried out on A5000s.
-