Path: utzoo!utgpu!water!watmath!clyde!bellcore!rutgers!mailrus!ames!amdahl!dlb!ardent!rap From: rap@ardent.UUCP (Rob Peck) Newsgroups: comp.os.cpm Subject: Re: Kaypro and Spinwriter 7710 Message-ID: <422@ardent.UUCP> Date: 11 Jul 88 17:39:33 GMT References: <12412216898.11.D-ROGERS@EDWARDS-2060.ARPA> <177@lakart.UUCP> Organization: Dana Computer, Inc., Sunnyvale, CA Lines: 14 In article <177@lakart.UUCP>, dg@lakart.UUCP (David Goodenough) writes: > From article <12412216898.11.D-ROGERS@EDWARDS-2060.ARPA>, by D-ROGERS@EDWARDS-2060.ARPA: > > I received no reply on this before and i still need help. I have a friend > > with a Kaypro 4 and an NEC 7710 Spinwriter. They don't seem to talk to > > each other. I've tried simple things like PIPing a text file to various I agree with Dave Goodenough's solution, that most likely a null modem is needed with the cable that is currently being used. I found that one can often get by with just a 4-wire cable, with 1-1, 2-3, 3-2, and 7-7 in the cable, and pins 8-20 wired independently at each end. Seems to keep the devices happy. By the way, this is a standard cable assembly available from INMAC among other places. Rob Peck