Re: TI-H:Parallel Link Cable Problem


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Re: TI-H:Parallel Link Cable Problem



Try running the LINK85XP software outside of Win95, at the dos prompt.
Good luck!




On Sat, 26 Oct 1996 12:36:55 +0100, you wrote:


>I've built my own parallel link cable and it worked fine.
>But then I bought a new PC and suddenly it just worked periodically.
>
>My old PC was a Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4N (486, DX-25 MHz) Notebook with
>normal ports and Win 95.
>My new PC is a Siemens Nixdorf PCD-4ND (486, DX4-100MHz) Notebook with high
>speed ports and Win 95.
>
>It happens like this: I load Link85xp (From Win95) and the parallel port is
>initialized,  ie. my calc doesn't slow down when hooked up to the computer.
>Then after a bit of time, maybe 30s - 1 min. it suddenly slows down. To be
>able to send/recv. again I have to restart Link85xp. This sucks!!, as I'm
>not able to send/recv. large backup files or programs.
>The funny thing is, if I load Link85xp while in dos 6,2 it works. Then you
>might say, what is the big deal. Well if you have some code you want to try
>on the calc. it sucks pretty bad to wait 5 mins. every time you changed a
>line to see if it worked better!
>
>	Hope anyone can help me Laurits S. Nielsen <CSN@dk-online.dk> 
>


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