Re: VIC-1011A (fwd)

From: William Levak (wlevak_at_cyberspace.org)
Date: 2001-05-29 05:26:47

On Mon, 28 May 2001, William Levak wrote:

> On Mon, 28 May 2001, [ISO-8859-1] Marko Mäkelä wrote:
> 
> > I didn't know that the RS-232 interface of the plus/4 user port was
> > pin-compatible with the software-emulated interface on the C64 and VIC-20
> > user ports, but it sounds plausible.
> 
> There is one pin different.  The Commodore modems have a jumper to disable
> this one line.  I cannot find the documentation right now.  I'll look for
> it and give you more information when I find it.

Let me clarify this.  There is one pin different for the serial interface
part of the user port.  The parallel interface part has several
differences.

I havn't found the documentation, but I took apart the modem and it is pin
"H" that has the jumper.  This is "Carrier Detect In" on the serial
cartridge.  The signal on that pin on the Plus/4 is incompatible, at least
for the modem.  As far as I remember, it is necessary to open this jumper
on the modem in order to avoid damaging the modem when using it on the
Plus/4.  Unfortunately, I did not find this out until after I tried the
modem on the Plus/4, and I now have a modem without carrier detect.


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