ÓÕÂÊ: ÓWIFTLINK ÕSERS ASSIST (Ò3) ÆÒÏÍ: ÒIDGEÒUNR 11/26/92 Ó#: 431903 ÏKAY, NOW THAT É HAVE MY ÒÁÍÌINK SET UP AND WORKING AND NOT CORRUPTING AND ALL THAT, É WANT TO BE ABLE TO USE MY ÓWIFTLINK FOR MY 9600 BAUD MODEM WITH ERROR CORRECTING, COMPRESSION, ETC.. É TRIED HAVING THE ÓWIFTLINK IN THE PASS THRU PORT, BUT ÄESTERM WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE IT. É TRIED CUTTING THE ÄÅ AND ÄÆ TRACES, AND AGAIN, ÄESTERM WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE IT. É PUT THE ÓWIFTLINK AND THE ÒÅÕ ON AN EXPANSION BOARD (AN ÁPROTEK), AND PUT BOTH IN THE ÒÅÕ PORT, BUT AGAIN, ÄESTERM WOULDN'T RECOGNIZE THE ÓWIFTLINK. É TRIED PUTTING THE ÒÁÍLINK IN THE FIRST SLOT OF THE EXPANSION BOARD, AND THE ÓWIFTLINK IN THE SECOND SLOT, BUT NO GO, AND IT WAS ÖÅÒÙ UNSTABLE, TO SAY THE LEAST. ×ITHOUT THE ÒÁÍÌINK, THE ÓWIFTLINK CARTRIDGE MAKES MY SYSTEM ÆÌÙ AT 19.2 ÂÐÓ FOR FILE TRANSFERS. ÎOW IF É COULD ONLY DO THAT AND DOWNLOAD TO THE ÒÁÍLINK PARTITION, É WOULD HAVE MY HIGH SPEED COMPUTING MODEMMING DEMON. ÈAS ANYONE GOTTEN THE ÓWIFTLINK TO WORK WITH ÒÁÍLINK, AND IF SO, HOW, AND WHAT VERSION ÓWIFTÌINK DO YOU HAVE? ÍINE IS DATED 1990, AND HAS A DIFFERENT CIRCUIT CONFIGURATION THAN SOME OF THE ÓWIFTLINKS OUT THERE NOW. ÁLSO, É READ A TEXT FILE ON THE ÆIDOÎET THAT COMMENTS ON AN OLD CIRCUIT VERSUS A NEW CIRCUIT, WHERE CERTAIN RESISTORS WERE SWITCHED FOR BETTER COMPATIBILITY, BUT THE SWITCH RESTRICTED DATA FLOW. ÓOME USERS HAVE MODIFIED THEIR ÓWIFTLINKS TO THE OLD CONFIGURATION, AND ARE GETTING THROUGHPUT OF 38.4 ON THEIR 128S. ÍY ÓWIFTLINK IS NOT SET UP LIKE THE ONES THEY DESCRIBE AS BEING MODIFIED. ÁNY IDEAS OR HELP OUT THERE? ÔHANKS. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: * (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃÍÄ 11/26/92 Ó#: 425722 É USE ÓWIFTÌINK IN ÒÁÍÌINK ALL THE TIME, AND IN FACT, AM DOING SO RIGHT NOW (YES, EVEN ON Ñ, THOUGH IT TAKES A SPECIAL PATCH WHICH HAS NOT YET BEEN RELEASED TO THE PUBLIC). ÊUDGING FROM YOUR OTHER MESSAGE, YOUR PROBLEM IN USING ÓWIFTÌINK IS THAT YOU USE YOUR ÒÁÍÌINK IN ÄÉÒÅÃÔ MODE. ÁGAIN, THE MANUAL POINTS OUT THAT WHEN IN ÄÉÒÅÃÔ MODE, CERTAIN SIGNALS ON THE ÐASS-ÔHRU PORT BECOME INACTIVE - AND THOSE SIGNALS ARE VERY NECESSARY FOR MOST CARTRIDGES TO OPERATE (SEE PAGE 3-3, LAST SENTANCE OF THE 3RD PARAGRAPH UNDER THE HEADING 'ÎÏÒÍÁÌ / ÄÉÒÅÃÔ ÓWITCH'). ÔHE REASON FOR DEACTIVATING THESE LINES LIKE THIS IS SIMPLE - SOME CARTRIDGES USE THE SAME ADDRESSES AS ÒÅÕ'S OR ÇÅÏÒÁÍ'S, SO IF WE DIDN'T BREAK THOSE LINES WHEN CONNECTING AN ÒÅÕ DIRECTLY ONTO THE BUS, THERE WOULD BE A CHANCE OF DATA INTENDED FOR THE ÒÁÍ DEVICE TRIGGERING ACTIONS IN A CARTRIDGE PLUGGED INTO THE ÐASS-ÔHRU. ÁS FOR SOME OF THE OTHER THINGS YOU TRIED... ÒÁÍÌINK ITSELF USES BOTH THE $ÄÅ AND $ÄÆ PAGES OF É/Ï SPACE WHEN PERFORMING ITS TASKS. ÐLUGGING ÒÁÍÌINK INTO SOMETHING LIKE AN ÁPPROSPAND AND HAVING ANOTHER CARTRIDGE ACTIVE WHICH USES EITHER OF THOSE ADDRESS SPACES WILL CAUSE EXACTLY WHAT WE WERE TRYING TO AVOID BY SWITCHING THOSE É/Ï LINES (AS OUTLINED ABOVE). ÎOT TO MENTION THE FACT THAT THE ÁPPROSPAND WILL WEAKEN AND SHIFT THE TIMING OF SIGNALS ENOUGH TO OFTEN CAUSE PROBLEMS IN USING THE ÒÁÍÌINK ANYWAY. ×HAT IS YOUR SOLUTION? ÉF YOU'RE GOING TO USE ÒÁÍÌINK AND ÓWIFTÌINK TOGETHER, IT ÍÕÓÔ BE DONE IN ÎÏÒÍÁÌ MODE. ÔHIS MEANS THAT YOU WILL ÎÏÔ BE ABLE TO ACCESS THE ÒÅÕ AS A SEPARATE DEVICE. ÓINCE ÍATT ÄESMOND HAS NOT RELEASED HIS ÒÁÍÌINK COMPATIBLE VERSION OF ÄESTERM AS YET, YOU MIGHT WANT TO CONSIDER USING ÄIALOGUE 128, WHICH DOES WORK VERY WELL WITH BOTH ÒÁÍÌINK AND ÓWIFTÌINK. Á LITTLE MORE INFO... ÙOU MIGHT NOTE THAT É SAID THAT ÒÁÍÌINK USES BOTH THE $ÄÅ AND $ÄÆ PAGES OF É/Ï SPACE FOR ITS OWN PURPOSES WHEN COMMUNICATING WITH THE COMPUTER. ÈOW THEN CAN ÒÅÕ'S, ÇÅÏÒÁÍ'S, AND OTHER CARTRIDGES WHICH ALL USE THESE SAME É/Ï AREAS CO-EXIST IN ÒÁÍÌINK? ÒÁÍÌINK 'ARBITRATES' THE É/Ï ADDRESSES, USING THEM ONLY WHEN THE COMPUTER OR CARTRIDGES ARE NOT, AND WHEN IN NORMAL MODE, THE É/Ï ADDRESSES FOR THE ÒÁÍ ÐORT ARE HANDLED BY ÒÁÍÌINK ITSELF AND NOT CONNECTED TO THE ASSOCIATED LINES IN THE COMPUTER. -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÓETUP (Ò) ÆÒÏÍ: ÃORVAIRËID 11/26/92 Ó#: 514685 É USE A ÒÁÍÌINK WITH A ÒÅÕ PLUS A ÓWIFTÌINK. ÔHE KEY THING IS (AS ÄOUG HAS MENTIONED) IS TO HAVE THE ÒÁÍÌINK IN ÎORMAL MODE. ×ITH IT SET THIS WAY, ÒÁÍÌINK MANAGES THE ÒÅÕ, MEANING THAT ÄESTERM OR WHATEVER OTHER PROGRAM CAN'T SEE IT DIRECTLY. ÂUT, YOU HAVE A VERY FAST DISK DRIVE(S) PROVIDED BY ÒÁÍÌINK SO É'VE NOT BEEN BOTHERED BY THIS. ÔHE OTHER IMPORTANT THING IS THAT YOU MUST, AT THIS POINT, BE A BETA TESTER OF ÄESTERM 2.01 IN ORDER TO HAVE A VERSION OF ÄESTERM THAT WILL WORK WITH THE ÒÁÍÌINK AT ALL. (ÄESTERM 2.00 AND BEFORE IS ÎÏÔ COMPATIBLE WITH THE ÒÁÍÌINK.) É KNOW THAT YOU DOHAVE 2.01, AS YOU'VE BEEN A BETA TESTER FOR ÍATT FOR A LONG TIME. ËENT -::- ÓÕÂÊ: ÏH MY!! ÆÒÏÍ: ÒIDGEÒUNR 11/26/92 Ó#: 516745 ÈEH, É READ THE MANUAL THIS AFTERNOON, AND DEDUCED THAT THE ÒÁÍLINK MUST BE IN ÎÏÒÍÁÌ MODE. ÓO, É TRIED IT, AND, ÖÏÉÌÁ', É AM ÓWIFTÌINKING AND MODEMING AND ALL SORTS OF NEAT STUFF. ÏNWARD! ÁND THANKS. (ÙES, É AM A BETA TESTER, SO ÒÁÍÌINK WORKS WELL.)