ED@MIT-MC (Ed Schwalenberg) (03/06/85)
From: "David J. Sullivan" <sullivan%acf4.uucp@BRL-TGR.ARPA> 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..