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Cable connections for connecting LA50/100 to (ugh) IBM PC & XT compatible
computers.

LA-50/100	AT-9 pin	AT-25 pin
TD 2		2 RD		3 RD
RD 3		3 TD		2 TD
GND 7		5 GND		7 GND
BUSY 11		8 CTS		5 CTS
DTR 20		6*DSR		6* DSR
		1*CD		8*CD
		4*DTR		20*DTR
* Some AT machines may need to have DSR,CD and DTR tied together.
The Conpaq 286 does not, the Tandon PCA does.

You must add the following conmmands to the AT AUTOEXEC.BAT file:
MODE COM1:48,N,8,1,P
MODE LPT1:=COM1:


Set the dip switches on the LA50
Switch Pack1 (SW1)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
open	open	open	open	open	close	close

Switch Pack2 (SW2)
1	2	3	4	5	6	7
open	open	open	open	open	open	close

This option provides hardware handshake with the RESTRAINT mode (busy/ready
protocal)
The RB uses x-on, x-off.

This info was compiled by Shurlo Tooker from the notes and personal experience
of Kenneth LeFebvre, Shurlo Tucker,
and Fredric Schuster.

The information was obtained from The Hitchikers Guide RB Fido BBS.

I have no direct knowledge to the accuracy of the above information, and make no
claim of application to any use.

Ed Kushall
kushall.henr@xerox.COM