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From:John Lord
Date:21 Mar 2001 at 15:41:38
Subject:Re: A1200 Quaddddroport & serial/parallel i/f's

Hi Nick

, On 19-Mar-01, you wrote:

> If it doesn't show any cards and you haven't changed any software then one
> of the connections or cards has come loose or been fitted wrong. If you fit
> one card/cable wrong then the whole of it doesn't work.

The problem popped up without any help from me :-)

I hadn't changed anything, and have checked all connections, still no go ;-(

> First, check the the Clock port cable is correctly positioned on the board.
> Don't forget that the cable that runs fron the internal clock port has 22
> pins and the 'Clock up' card only has 20.

Yep, that's ok.

> I'm happy with the Parralel card but the serial card might be slower than
> other serial cards like the Twister.

Mine is the PowerPortJnr.

> Stick to the IoBlix one as I am not sure that other parallel cards will work
> any better. I have had mine for a few years and have not had any problems
> other that loose cables and incorrectly fitted cards.

Hmm, looks like the Q'port has fainted then.

Regards



John
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