Relay-Version: version B 2.10 5/3/83; site utzoo.UUCP Posting-Version: version B 2.10.2 9/18/84; site brl-tgr.ARPA Path: utzoo!linus!philabs!cmcl2!seismo!brl-tgr!tgr!ED@MIT-MC From: ED@MIT-MC (Ed Schwalenberg) Newsgroups: net.ham-radio Subject: ICOM R71A and RS232 Message-ID: <8999@brl-tgr.ARPA> Date: Wed, 6-Mar-85 12:43:11 EST Article-I.D.: brl-tgr.8999 Posted: Wed Mar 6 12:43:11 1985 Date-Received: Sat, 9-Mar-85 20:33:47 EST Sender: news@brl-tgr.ARPA Lines: 29 From: "David J. Sullivan"Date: 5 Mar 85 20:13:00 GMT Xref: seismo net.ham-radio:2535 And speaking of RS232 Interfaces, does anyone have the one for the ICOM R71-A receiver? Or specs? My Macintosh is waiting... The ICOM computer interface comes in two halves: The EX-xxx is an external parallel interface to the internal processor bus, and the CT-10 is (allegedly) a combination RS-232 interface and terminal unit. I called ICOM in Dallas to find out the status of the CT-10, and was told that the CT-10 as sold in Japan only did 45 baud, and was therefore deemed unacceptable for the US market. The man I spoke to was trying to figure out the Japanese manual for the CT-10, in hopes of designing his own RS-232 interface. The more recent spec sheets from ICOM on the R71A do not mention the CT-10, from which I deduce that they don't intend to either market the Japanese CT-10 or make a US version. I have ordered the IR remote control, thinking that maybe I could figure out how to build an RS-232 -> IR -> R71A interface, but haven't gotten the unit yet. There was a recent message to this list that implied that there are RS-232 interfaces to other ICOM equipment. Could these be adapted to the R71A? If anyone else finds out more about this mess, please pass it on..