doncleth Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Hi guys, I'm thinking of getting an SIO2PC cable. I know that it connects to the serial port of the PC however my laptop only has a parallel port. Will SIO2PC work if I get a DB25 to DB9 adaptor? Thanks, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Nope. It needs a serial port. You may be able to use a USB-to-RS232 adapter. -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncleth Posted December 15, 2003 Author Share Posted December 15, 2003 Thanks Bry. I hope someone with a USB-to-RS232 adapter will be kind enough to test that SIO2PC works with this setup. Thanks, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Have you asked atariclassics (Steve) about it? -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncleth Posted December 15, 2003 Author Share Posted December 15, 2003 Hi Bry. No I haven't asked atariclassics about it. Is he the resident SIO2PC guru (sorry I'm just new to the forum)? Cheers, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bryan Posted December 15, 2003 Share Posted December 15, 2003 Ooops. My mistake. His name on here is "classics" and he's the author of APE. Here's his site: http://www.atarimax.com/ -Bry Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncleth Posted December 15, 2003 Author Share Posted December 15, 2003 Thanks Bry. I've emailed Steve and here's his reply: "APE will not work with the parrallel port. APE requires a real UART based serial port to operate. A USB based RS232 port will not work. Unfortunatly SIO2PC style software requires realtime response from the hardware which USB does not provide. A PCMCIA or CF based serial card may work for you." Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncleth Posted March 21, 2004 Author Share Posted March 21, 2004 I got hold of an USB-to-Serial cable last weekend, tried it with APE, and it WORKED! Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
jetset Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I got hold of an USB-to-Serial cable last weekend' date=' tried it with APE, and it WORKED! [/quote'] don, what brand/type cable did you use ??? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Shannon Posted March 13, 2005 Share Posted March 13, 2005 I got hold of an USB-to-Serial cable last weekend' date=' tried it with APE, and it WORKED! [/quote'] huh? Interesting.... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
cas Posted March 15, 2005 Share Posted March 15, 2005 Thomas Grasel of Regionalgruppe ABBUC ( http://www.abbuc-raf.de/restarte.htm ) has successfully tested SIO2PC on an USB 1.1 Port with this setup: Tested on a P2-266MHz, USB1.1 Port, SIO2PC Cable and ATARI-Filemanagement ( http://www.hcrburk.de/hpatari.html ) with Win98, and an USB2Seriell Converter with Profilic 2303 Chip. I have tested the same cable under Linux (2.6.10). There is a driver for the USB Converter, but the AtariSio kernel driver only supports real UART ttys. Carsten Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
doncleth Posted March 16, 2005 Author Share Posted March 16, 2005 don, what brand/type cable did you use ??? Hi jetset, It's a generic USB to serial cable I found in one of those computer flea markets. Got it for AUD25 I think? Some info on my setup. I used it on my Acer Travelmate 240 laptop, Celeron 1.6Ghz, WinXP Home with USB2.0 (although I think the USB-to-serial cable was only 1.1). APE was running on a Command window. The only thing I had to setup in APE was to specify the address of the serial port (created from the USB-to-serial cable). Then plugged it in into my 130XE. Let me know if you need more info. Cheers, Don Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Justin42 Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 This is pretty highly chipset specific, then, I used a Belkin USB-serial adapter and it basically froze my system up as soon as I turned on the Atari -- my system would only unfreeze when the Atari power-cycled! I.e., turn it on -- get 2 seconds on the PC, then freeze. Turn Atari off-- 2 seconds usable, freeze. It was really weird. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Goochman Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 Make sure you are using the latest version of APE or APE Trial - it was updated in late Jan 2005 - I had freezing problems that were resolved with the new release. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
ijor Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 APE was running on a Command window. The only thing I had to setup in APE was to specify the address of the serial port (created from the USB-to-serial cable). This is the key (APE for DOS). You won't be able to use this trick with the Windows version. What's happening is that the driver for the USB adapter is creating a virtual serial port. APE "thinks" he is talking to the hardware, but instead the driver redirects the input/output to the USB. The whole virtualization process is usually slow. Interesting it still works. Did you try using Warp speed? Any other USB devices on the USB bus were active? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
mrroman Posted March 19, 2005 Share Posted March 19, 2005 did anyone try to use atari 810(http://retrobits.net/atari810.html)? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
+Stephen Posted March 21, 2005 Share Posted March 21, 2005 did anyone try to use atari 810(http://retrobits.net/atari810.html)? Yeah - I can't get it to connect, and there doesn't seem to be any config options. Stephen Anderson Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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