Subject: Re: AppleIIc to pc transfer
From: Rubywand <rubywand@swbell.net>
Date: Tue, Nov 24, 1998 1s32amBs
Message-id: <365A6F07.4AFC56EC@swbell.net>

Gianni Barberi writes ...
> 
> I just did the same thing:
> make a cable and use ADT121.zip, this is a wondeful program that upload
> itself into the apple.
> for the cable read a previous posting from me:
> 
> After much debate and suggestions in the newsgroup I finally connected the
> two and they're talking fluently via ADT.
> The answer is the most obvious: just connect Transmit Data to Receive Data
> and viceversa. Join Ground as well is a good thing, but I did transfer ADT
> on my Apple with just 1 wire !

     I heard about that-- kind of like magic. My guess is that you were
getting a 'Ground' through the AC cord Gnd lead.


> I found it in the most empirical way: shuffling the wires till some garbage
> came on the screen.
> So I discovered as well that Apple used his own numbering on the DIN plug, a
> very wise move: probably we all would be using Apple now if they just
> followed the standards.
> 
> Here are the connections, you can read the pin numbers on all the plugs.
> 
> Apple // c DIN        PC DB9        PC DB25
> 
> 5                           2                  3
> 4                           3                  2
> 2                           5                  7
> 
> That's All Folks !
> 

     Neat. Thanks for the info.



Rubywand