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Amiga computer related discussion => Amiga Hardware Issues and discussion => Topic started by: jayjaybee on July 21, 2003, 01:54:32 PM

Title: serial cable
Post by: jayjaybee on July 21, 2003, 01:54:32 PM

Im looking to play adf games on my a600, and i want to connect using a serial (null modem) cable. Ive seen conflicting things over the net about this. Some say that i can just use a standard null modem cable that connect pc's to pc's, while other sources say that the amiga has a differnent serial pin layout. Even then, ive seen 3 different pc to amiga pin layouts.


Can some one straighten me out here? I really would like to just buy a standard unmodified pc null modem cable. I this isnt possible, can anyone point me out to where i can buy a pc to amiga null modem cable???

Thanks

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: redrumloa on July 21, 2003, 01:58:06 PM

I walked into Rat Shack and bought a bone standard null modem adapter and it worked just fine.

TWIN on aminet is handy.

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: jayjaybee on July 21, 2003, 02:26:03 PM

Hey thanks for the speedy response! :):) Ill get one and hopefully ill be serial porting with no problem!

One thing..what program do you recommend to transfer adf images to real amiga disks. If its any help i have an a600 with a hard disk.

cheers!  :-)

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: redrumloa on July 21, 2003, 02:32:49 PM

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jayjaybee wrote:
One thing..what program do you recommend to transfer adf images to real amiga disks. If its any help i have an a600 with a hard disk.

TWIN (http://wuarchive.wustl.edu/~aminet/comm/term/twin_11a.lha)

There are 2 executables, one for the PC, one for the Amiga.

Enjoy!

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: jayjaybee on July 21, 2003, 02:38:53 PM

Hee hee...pardon my ignorance....i am coming back the amiga after years of being lost in windows wilderness!

Many thanks!

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: redrumloa on July 21, 2003, 02:39:49 PM

Oh yeah, once you get the ADF on the Amiga hard drive you can use ADF2DISK which is also on Aminet to copy back to a blank Amiga floppy.

Oh yeah, make sure you only download legal ADFs :-)

Title: Re: serial cable
Post by: redrumloa on July 21, 2003, 02:40:32 PM

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jayjaybee wrote:
Hee hee...pardon my ignorance....i am coming back the amiga after years of being lost in windows wilderness!

Many thanks!

NP, welcome to Amiga.org btw:-)