[NTLK] Connection woes!

[Boyer Jason]

Yes, that is being done in Attempts 1 and 3.  I've tried serial and specific serial speed choices in Dock.  Nothing seems to work in that area.


On Nov 22, 2009, at 12:15 AM, Berthe M. Willumsen wrote:

> The Newt never shows up on the desktop as a device when physically 
> connected. It connects after you tap 'Dock'  (in Unfiled Icns), 
> select 'connect via "Serial"', then tap 'connect'.
> I can't see from your post whether you do that?
> Berthe
> 
> 
>> I'm frustrated.
>> 
>> Thanks to the help of several members, I got my shiny new serial 
>> interconnect, an 8 pin serial cable, a Keyspan 28X usb to serial 
>> dongle, and a 20 MB flash card, all tools to connect my new MP2100. 
>> Couple that with two computer options, a Lombard PB with 9.2.2 and a 
>> Macbook Pro with 10.6.
>> 
>> Attempt 1: Lombard PB with Keyspan to serial connection and Newton 
>> Connection Utilities.  Installed the Keyspan drivers from their 
>> website and plugged in the dongle.  The provided utility claims 
>> drivers are found, but the device never is, despite a device with a 
>> gibberish ID string that appears when I do plug it in.  In addition, 
>> OS 9 always identifies an unknown USB device when I do plug it in, 
>> and offers to search for drivers.  It never finds anything.  This is 
>> as far as I can get, NCU never sees the Newton, despite repeated 
>> connection attempts through Dock using every combination I can find.
>> 
>> Attempt 2: Plugged the flash drive into the Lombard in hopes of 
>> manually transferring some packages.  OS 9 sees it as a PCMCIA 
>> device in Finder and refuses to let me see the contents or put any 
>> files on it.  Finder claims that it isn't a storage device.  Doh! 
>> Seems to work fine on the Newton, however.
>> 
>> Attempt 3: Macbook Pro with Newton Connection 1.2 software and cable 
>> setup.  Keyspan OS X drivers appeared to install much more 
>> successfully here, although the dongle appears as three different 
>> modem ports in Network Connections.  I gave each a configuration 
>> named "Newton", but wasn't sure what else to specify as normal modem 
>> designations didn't seem to apply.  Again, following the connection 
>> instructions in Newton Connection manual, and trying to connect via 
>> Newton Dock using all sorts of combinations, I can't get anybody to 
>> talk.
>> 
>> Argh!  I have just about every possible way to connect the Newton to 
>> a Mac at my disposal, and I can't get the darn things to talk!  Does 
>> anyone have advice or experience with any of the above examples?
>> 
>> Cheers,
>> Jason
>> 
>> 
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> Berthe
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