SPGJAF@CMSA.BERKELEY.EDU (Joseph A. Faracchio {415} 642-7638 {w}) (01/21/91)
About those 'secret commands'. They are: '04'x and the letter E being sent to the Wizard causes it to end transfer mode and '04'x and the letter O causes the Wizard to turn itself off. Both must also be uppercase. Now if I can just get it to turn itself ON as well !! :-) .... Another interesting thing I found out is the difference between the cable supplied by Sharp and the cable Traveling Software used to offer (but no more). Both seem to be extremes in opposite directions. The TS cable is very minimalist. It has only 3 wires (send, receive and ground, no doubt) and consequently less circuitry under the covers of the db-25 connector. Its all in plastic and light; what you would expect for traveling ! :-) The Sharp cable that comes with the OZ-791A package (now replaced by OZ-792 and OZ-793) has a full 15 pins in the Wizard side of the connector and I know for a fact that 1 of them beyond send/receive is operational. This is the carrier detect line. My software is capable of detecting CD present or not, I confirmed the CD missing on the TS cable. The Sharp cable has a much larger heavier box containing the PCB board and a requisite power supply converter. I got my hands on the Traveling Software version of the cable from my vice- provost here who bought it with Mac software. He's very frustrated by the fact that it will not allow him to transfer data to the add-in ram cards he's plugging into his OZ-7000. A stupid restriction. Any suggestions????? Has anyone out there bought the OZ-792 (PC) or OZ-793 (Mac version)??? Could you comment on its weight and versatiilty and the software supplied???? (OL.EXE)? BTW. The ZQ-5200 is not called a Wizard by Sharp like the OZ-xxxx are called. I would recommend it over the OZ-8000 if you don't want or need the plug in cards but for 1 thing: The LCD seems to 'go light' as soon as the batteries come down from peak performance and especially if you do a lot of transfers! cheers .. joe.f.