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In article <BvtztK.19E@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> klenfest@cerberus.UWaterloo.ca  
(Kurt Lenfesty) writes:
> Is it possible to connect a NeXTstation turbo to a
> HP48SX calculator?  I know there is a Mac cable kit
> out there for it, but I believe the interface would
> be for RS-422 and not RS-423.  Will it work?
> Also, is there a Kermit program for the NeXT?
> Please let me know.
> 
> Thanks.		klenfest@zeus.UWaterloo.ca
> 	or	kdlenfesty@1308.watstar.UWaterloo.ca

I used to have an HP-48SX.  Hooked it up to a Sun Sparc 1+ (at work), and to my  
NeXT Cube (at home)-- no problem.  You just need kermit on the computer, plus  
the right cable.

Since the cable has a weird connector on the calculator-side, buy the cable  
from HP (or just buy their IBM interface kit, which includes the cable).   
Kermit for the NeXT can be had from the purdue server (send 'help' as subject  
in an email message to 'archive-server@cc.purdue.edu').


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In article <BvtztK.19E@watserv1.uwaterloo.ca> klenfest@cerberus.UWaterloo.ca  
(Kurt Lenfesty) writes:
>>Is it possible to connect a NeXTstation turbo to a
>>HP48SX calculator?  I know there is a Mac cable kit
>>out there for it, but I believe the interface would
>>be for RS-422 and not RS-423.  Will it work?
>>Also, is there a Kermit program for the NeXT?
>>Please let me know.
>>
>>Thanks.		klenfest@zeus.UWaterloo.ca
>>	or	kdlenfesty@1308.watstar.UWaterloo.ca

I started a similar thread about a year ago.  If anyone has made any progress  
on this I would also like to hear about it.  I managed to get the HP and my  
NeXT talking but the only way to start the process was to start Kermit with a  
modem connected, unplug the modem (the serial cable that is), and connect the  
HP in it's place.  Yuck!  

The HP has only RX and TX and GND and only talks Kermit.  Surely wonderful Unix  
can communicate with devices such as this.  So how 'bout it you Unix gurus :-)


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>> I started a similar thread about a year ago.  If anyone has made any progress  
>> on this I would also like to hear about it.  I managed to get the HP and my  
>> NeXT talking but the only way to start the process was to start Kermit with a  
>> modem connected, unplug the modem (the serial cable that is), and connect the  
>> HP in it's place.  Yuck!  

I've never had any problem.  I use the HP cable for a PC, and a Mac modem
cable (which wouldn't work for a modem on the NeXT, but works just fine
for the HP which only uses RxD and TxD, oh and ground).  I connect with

   kermit -l /dev/cub -b 9600

and that's it.

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