Article 11926 of comp.sys.newton.programmer: Path: hustle.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!samba.rahul.net!a2i!bug.rahul.net!rahul.net!a2i!genmagic!sgigate.sgi.com!swrinde!howland.reston.ans.net!newsfeed.internetmci.com!in1.uu.net!world!news.bu.edu!dartvax.dartmouth.edu!usenet From: Tim Hodges Newsgroups: comp.sys.newton.programmer Subject: Re: serial connection in Win-DILs Date: 22 Feb 1996 13:31:04 GMT Organization: Dartmouth College, Hanover, NH, USA Lines: 25 Message-ID: <4ghr6o$p04@dartvax.dartmouth.edu> References: <4gg0iv$i7a@satisfy.kiae.su> NNTP-Posting-Host: 130.189.200.125 Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset=us-ascii Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit X-Mailer: Mozilla 1.1N (Macintosh; I; 68K) To: paragon@glas.apc.org X-URL: news:4gg0iv$i7a@satisfy.kiae.su Sasha Zudin / Moscow wrote: >I need to connect Newton (working as a digitizer and >therefore connection >speed matters for real-time illusion) to a Windows PC via >serial port. >In DILs manuals, it's mentioned (page 2-12) that only >modem "MNP" >connection is available for Windows PCs. Does someone know >a trick how >to use Win-DILs to connect Newton via serial port? >Were there any upgrades or patches to solve this problem ? DIL connection via the serial port works just fine in the current release, even if you only have an 8250 UART. You don't need a modem, just a serial cable like the one that comes with the NCK 2.0 or in the MP120/2.0 box. MNP is an error-correction protocol, not specifically a modem connection. Tim Hodges Author of WinNewt - The graphical Newton development environment for Windows! Check out the WinNewt home page at: http://members.aol.com/WinNewt/WinNewt.html