Frédéric Paché wrote:
> le 1/06/2000 21:16, Laurent Daudelin à laurent_daudelin@fanniemae.com a
> écrit :
>
> > Frédéric Paché wrote:
> >
> >> Hi,
> >>
> >> I have now my Newton Schlumberger. Very proud but some problems with NCU.
> >> I have a portable IBM 380 with Win98. I installed NCU 1.0.
> >> The Newton try to connect via serial but received no answer from the PC.
> >> I try in IRDA mode: the IBM sees the Newton but 1 second afterwards, the
> >> Newton says that there is no answer and cut the communication.
> >>
> >> As I have an iMac and not my serial adapter in hand I can't try with Mac OS
> >> up to now.
> >
> > Are you using the right serial cable to connect to your PC? If so, check the
> > coms settings. Should be at 38400, on COM1 or COM2, depending on which you're
> > using. On the Newton, the
> > setting in the Dock/Connect app should be Serial. You can try lower speed to
> > see if that works, but I would be a wrong cable. Of course, I don't know so I
> > might be dead wrong for the
> > cable ;-)
> >
> > BTW, you won't be able to use your iMac with your serial cable. Starting with
> > the iMac, no Macintosh computers have a serial port anymore. You would need to
> > get a USB-Serial adapter,
> > like KeySpan, or go ethernet if you had a MP2x00 or eMate, but since I think I
> > remember that the Schlumberger was a MP1x00 clone, the ethernet route won't
> > work. So, you will have to get
> > a USB-Serial adapter in the end.
>
> Thanks for your infos.
> It seems the Schlum is a MP2000 clone.
Frédéric,
One way to check is to open the Extras, then select "Memory Info" from the "i" popup menu. At the bottom left, there should be something like "ROM Version 2.1 (717260)-1". The "717260"
is the default patch for a MP2100, or the one you need to install on a 2000 that had his memory upgraded. In any case, it would display "ROM Version 2.1" if it's a 2.1 device. If it's
really a 2000 clone, then you can think about getting an ethernet card. You could setup an ethernet connection between your iMac and your Schlum, getting a much faster speed for backup,
among other thing.
-Laurent.
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Laurent Daudelin
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Phone: 703-833-4266 mailto:Laurent_Daudelin@fanniemae.com
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