[NTLK] OMP serial connection problems

[William Maloney]

Whoa! Thanks for the advice.

Tony, I DO have a multimeter. I am on a long trip right now, so much of my
hardware is at home. But I can certainly use that on my return. The
attached document was great, but it seems like it is dedicated to the
interconnect port for Newton 2000/2100 machines. Any idea which pin to
connected to which would yield a proper voltage test? Bit of a n00b here.

Andrei, I'll try the loopback test and get back to you.





On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 9:16 PM, William Maloney <firedoorus at gmail.com>
wrote:

> 32Bit Vista on an IntelCore2Duo.
>
> So, if this IS a hardware error, do you have any advice?
>
> Obviously trying out a different USB-serial adapter is a start. The
> adapter I have is really hard to find drivers online for, so I don't even
> know if the drivers we downloaded are for this exact model. They made a
> couple versions of these Gigaware adapters. Windows says it is working,
> but...
>
> I know there is only so much that can realistically be done on the OMP
> side, but if you have any ideas, do let me know.
>
> Maybe checking it out in the diagnostic mode?
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> On Tue, Nov 24, 2015 at 4:11 PM, William Maloney <firedoorus at gmail.com>
> wrote:
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>> I can't seem to get it to talk over HyperTerminal again. Just gave it a
>> few goes. Will try again later.
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>> So far as running NTK in Vista, which option should I choose? I was not
>> able to install any packages via there, nor install the Toolkit App. No
>> evidence of any sort of connection. Newton simply says it could not get a
>> response from anything.
>>
>> Should I be mindful of the serial port settings? All the different
>> options?
>>
>> Will try restarting the host system too and retrying options in Virtual
>> PC.
>>
>> Ugh...
>>
>> When I tried connecting back home on the Macintosh, I went through a
>> similar frustration to this- trying both the modem and the printer port,
>> restarting, etc etc.
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