mvk@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) (08/09/90)
I'm looking for a GS/OS driver for the Super Serial Card. I upgraded to a GS from a II+, so I have the old cable. My Apple dealer wants $30 for one with the proper connections. I can print just fine from ProDOS 8, but GS/OS keeps insisting that I use the printer port. I figure that with a driver, the Control Panel might accept my configuration. Does such a beastie exist? Is it public domain? Can someone email one to me or post it to comp.binaries.apple2? Michael Kent mvk@pawl.rpi.edu
toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (08/09/90)
As soon as the GS/OS references come out of beta, I'd be happy to write one. Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (08/09/90)
In article <HZ0$D}#@rpi.edu> mvk@pawl.rpi.edu (Michael V. Kent) writes: > > I'm looking for a GS/OS driver for the Super Serial Card. I upgraded >to a GS from a II+, so I have the old cable. My Apple dealer wants $30 for >one with the proper connections. I can print just fine from ProDOS 8, but >GS/OS keeps insisting that I use the printer port. I figure that with a >driver, the Control Panel might accept my configuration. Does such a >beastie exist? Is it public domain? Can someone email one to me or post >it to comp.binaries.apple2? > >Michael Kent >mvk@pawl.rpi.edu Personally, I think the $30 will save you a lot of headaches. But if you insist: First, you don't want a "GS/OS driver". You want a "Print Manager port driver." You don't care if GS/OS can talk to the printer or not, you care if the currently selected printer driver can. We have three non-network port drivers on the System Software: PRINTER, MODEM and PARALLEL.CARD. I actually believe that PARALLEL.CARD will print, albeit slowly, to the Super Serial Card. You should try it. You might have to switch slot 2 to "Your card" so it doesn't find the Pascal protocol bytes in the modem port firmware and use them, but I'm not sure about either. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (08/09/90)
In article <1990Aug8.195211.28266@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >As soon as the GS/OS references come out of beta, I'd be happy to write one. > >Todd Whitesel >toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu See previous posts for details on the real scoop. However, please don't ANYONE write any kind of loaded serial port/card drivers without contacting DTS first. We're trying to work out some specifications for such things so that all such drivers will work alike. That way, if you have two programs that were written using two different serial drivers, they should both work with whatever driver you have installed. (Switching drivers requires activating one, deactivating the other and rebooting the system. We're trying to avoid having to go through this just to switch programs that were written with different drivers.) -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================
toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) (08/09/90)
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes: >However, please don't ANYONE write any kind of loaded serial port/card drivers >without contacting DTS first. We're trying to work out some specifications >for such things so that all such drivers will work alike. That way, if you >have two programs that were written using two different serial drivers, they >should both work with whatever driver you have installed. Wouldn't think of it. That's why I'm waiting of the Class 1 manuals -- I expect them to tell me what I can rely on and what I have to call DTS for. >(Switching drivers requires activating one, deactivating the other and rebooting >the system. We're trying to avoid having to go through this just to switch >programs that were written with different drivers.) Could you give an example of that? You seem to be implying that the system can only recognize one driver per peripheral; if that is so then how is Appletalk/Printer/Modem handled? Todd Whitesel toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu
mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) (08/09/90)
In article <1990Aug9.010115.3970@laguna.ccsf.caltech.edu> toddpw@tybalt.caltech.edu (Todd P. Whitesel) writes: >mattd@Apple.COM (Matt Deatherage) writes: > >You seem to be implying that the system can only recognize one driver per >peripheral; if that is so then how is Appletalk/Printer/Modem handled? > >Todd Whitesel >toddpw @ tybalt.caltech.edu Close, but no cigar. This is generally the case, but no one said there couldn't be more than one kind of driver per peripheral. What you want to print is a Print Manager port driver, which is not the same as a GS/OS driver (or a printer driver or a MIDI driver or an AppleTalk driver). See the File Type Note for file type $BB for more details. -- ============================================================================ Matt Deatherage, Apple Computer, Inc. | "The opinions represented here are Developer Technical Support, Apple II | not necessarily those of Apple Group. Personal mail only, please. | Computer, Inc. Remember that." ============================================================================