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Article #32161Re: Connecting 8-bits and ST's
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Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1988 21:09
Date: Tue, 26 Apr 1988 21:09
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In article <1016@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> rankinp@cs.glasgow.ac.uk (Peter Rankin) writes:
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>Has anyone out there ever used an ST as a file server for an 8bit machine?
This is not impossible. There has already been a program/cable between the
two machines via the rs232. I think one possibility could be the midi ports.
If they could be reduced to 19.2Kbaud and connected to the 8-bit serial port,
they could emulate one helluva drive.
BTW, this is a takeoff on Bits and Peices from ANALOG, where they are telling
how to turn an 8-bit into a printer buffer for an 8-bit.
imagine...
:drive 1: :modem:->-:bbs: :plotter off R2:
| | |
:800:-+---------+----------------+----user 1
| | |
| :?: :400 Pbuff:---+--+--+--user 3
|
| :drives galore: :?:
| | |
:st Drive 2:-+------------------+-----------user 2
|
:modem:->-:unix system:
/\ ___ ___ /\ John Kawakami c60b-at@buddy.berkeley.edu
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Path: arc1-ca.pugleaf.net!utzoo!mnetor!uunet!husc6!bloom-beacon!mit-eddie!ll-xn!ames!pasteur!buddy.Berkeley.EDU!c60b-at From: c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU (uVAX bug) Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st Subject: Re: Connecting 8-bits and ST's Message-ID: <2751@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu> Date: 26 Apr 88 21:09:45 GMT References: <1016@crete.cs.glasgow.ac.uk> Sender: news@pasteur.Berkeley.Edu Reply-To: c60b-at@buddy.Berkeley.EDU.UUCP (uVAX bug) Organization: University of California, Berkeley Lines: 27