iamdigitalman
Well-known member
hey guys, I am trying to get my beloved eMate 300 synced to my desktop. I recently bought a USB to DB-9 serial adapter with mac drivers. It works flawlessly with my Apple II, so I figured I would try connecting something 25x as powerful.
Since the connector on the serial adapter is DB-9 and not mini din 8, I had to devise an adapter of some sort. I have a female to female DB 9 connector, so I plugged that into the male DB-9. Then I got a male DB-9 to female DB-25 adapter, and plugged that in. Lastly, I got a male DB-25 to mini din 8 cable off an old external 56k modem. I hooked it all up to the eMate.
I tapped on dock, and hit serial. After a few seconds, it said there was no response. NCX is booted up, and I selected the "USBserial" serial port in the preferences, so it is obviously detecting that.
I also tried the other serial speeds, 9600, 4800, and 2400. Nothing. I even performed a dreaded hard reset (no biggie, I have it all backed up elsewhere).
To this point I have been using my beat up and abused old Powerbook 1400. It works, but the machine is really showing it's age, and I would like to move the 2 newtons I own to the modern age.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
-digital
Since the connector on the serial adapter is DB-9 and not mini din 8, I had to devise an adapter of some sort. I have a female to female DB 9 connector, so I plugged that into the male DB-9. Then I got a male DB-9 to female DB-25 adapter, and plugged that in. Lastly, I got a male DB-25 to mini din 8 cable off an old external 56k modem. I hooked it all up to the eMate.
I tapped on dock, and hit serial. After a few seconds, it said there was no response. NCX is booted up, and I selected the "USBserial" serial port in the preferences, so it is obviously detecting that.
I also tried the other serial speeds, 9600, 4800, and 2400. Nothing. I even performed a dreaded hard reset (no biggie, I have it all backed up elsewhere).
To this point I have been using my beat up and abused old Powerbook 1400. It works, but the machine is really showing it's age, and I would like to move the 2 newtons I own to the modern age.
Any ideas?
Thanks.
-digital