Subject: Re: AppleIIc to pc transfer From: Rubywand Date: Tue, Nov 24, 1998 1s32amBs Message-id: <365A6F07.4AFC56EC@swbell.net> Gianni Barberi writes ... > > I just did the same thing: > make a cable and use ADT121.zip, this is a wondeful program that upload > itself into the apple. > for the cable read a previous posting from me: > > After much debate and suggestions in the newsgroup I finally connected the > two and they're talking fluently via ADT. > The answer is the most obvious: just connect Transmit Data to Receive Data > and viceversa. Join Ground as well is a good thing, but I did transfer ADT > on my Apple with just 1 wire ! I heard about that-- kind of like magic. My guess is that you were getting a 'Ground' through the AC cord Gnd lead. > I found it in the most empirical way: shuffling the wires till some garbage > came on the screen. > So I discovered as well that Apple used his own numbering on the DIN plug, a > very wise move: probably we all would be using Apple now if they just > followed the standards. > > Here are the connections, you can read the pin numbers on all the plugs. > > Apple // c DIN PC DB9 PC DB25 > > 5 2 3 > 4 3 2 > 2 5 7 > > That's All Folks ! > Neat. Thanks for the info. Rubywand