#Wizard 9600 & COM Probl.
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To Anyone with experience on PC Link of a Wizard 9600 via a Sharp CE-131T
(RS-232 interface) & Missing Link 1.0 or Desktop Set 4.0c, etc… & debugging a
com port communication problem (DOS & WFW 3.11) on a Pentium system.
I have a Micron Pentium 90 PCI Powerstation (corrected FPU Intel Pentium .
version) running MS DOS 6.22 on 32 MB RAM with a PCI/ISA Micronic motherborad
with PnP Phoenix BIOS (M54Pi-n11 version) Buslogic BT-646c SCSI-2 interface
linking HP-IIc scanner externally, Plextor Quad-Speed CD-ROM, Python 4mm 2GB
DAT backup, 3.5" & 5.25" HD FD along with two Seagate 2GB Barracuda SCSI HD.
The system has AWE32 sound card linked to DMA 1 & HMA 5 with IRQ of 5. There is
a MIO-550 card inserted by Micronics at the time of purchase to provide a com
Port 3 & 4 with standard addresses & game port (it works). The MIO-550 has an
IDE interface which is not enabled due to the SCSC interface. There is a Seiko
Label Pro attached to COM 3 and this works well. The mouse is linked to com 2
and the US Robotics Courier V. Everything on com 1. There is 2 parallel ports
(LPT1 on Buslogic card & used on a Optra R & the second on the MIO-550 as LPT2
not used at present).
My previous Gateway 2000 486/33 (IDE interface & ATI Ultra Pro with no
available com 4) had been established such that the com port 3 was shared
between my Wizard PC-Link & the Seiko Label Pro printer without problem so long
as both were not used concurrently.
I had attempted to established the same setup with the SCSI based Micron
Pentium. I have the Label Printer working well & consistently. I have not been
able to find a way to reliably link the Wizard 9600 with my computer regardless
of software or com port permutations. The one time I did manage to load from
the Wizard to the Micron it was when a deliberate DMA conflict between with the
AWE32 card and the MIO card com port. The MIO card offers ability to configure
faster com transfer & receive to the configured port to receive or transmit on
DMA 1 or 3 (4 combinations over ports 3 and 4 with option by default to use DMA
1 with com 3 and DMA 3 for com 4). As a consequence the sounds in WFW did not
work. I have NOT been able to reproduce this conflict to at least permit
re-establishing link with the Wizard 9600.
I have tried using and disabling the MIO DMA options. I have tried from com 1
to 4 all to no avail in re-establishing communication with the Wizard 9600.
This is true both in windows & DOS with even the original WIzard Link from Mark
Tirschell & Sharp's OL II. The fact that I was successful verifies the wire
connections, the Wizard 9600 configuration was set appropriately. I appreciate
any comments on how I may resolve this problem.
– Anton Maki Jr., Written 11-Mar-1995 @ 11:05:37
Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.5
Good Morning Anton,
Anton, I don't know if i'm able to help you out with your problems as such, but
if I might i'd like to ask you about your Plextor Quad-Speed CD-Rom. Is it a
good system worth the time and money? I've seen it advertised quite a bit
alongside others such as Nec, Teac & Phillips just to name a few, but seem to
gravitate back to the Plextor.
Is installation fairly simple? Does the SoundBlaster AWE32 card mate well with
it? Are there any hidden or vague caveats one should be aware of when buying or
purchasing this system?
I'd appreciate any help or suggestions you might be able and willing to
share…..
Thanks in advance……………..Bud Parsons
>>Anton, I don't know if i'm able to help you out with your problems as such,
but if I might i'd like to ask you about your Plextor Quad-Speed CD-Rom. Is it
a good system worth the time and money? I've seen it advertised quite a bit
alongside others such as Nec, Teac & Phillips just to name a few, but seem to
gravitate back to the Plextor.
Is installation fairly simple? Does the SoundBlaster AWE32 card mate well with
it? Are there any hidden or vague caveats one should be aware of when buying or
purchasing this system?<<
The Plextor came with the Micron P90PCI system and it has worked well. I
obtained from technical support the patch internal adaptor wire to output CD
sound via the AWE32 amplified and unamplifed connections (4 Reconton wireless
and 2 Sony with external amplifer speakers). It was integrated with the SCSI
system well.
I had problems with PC-KWIK, and needed to turn off local storage of NDW 3.11
& on using Smartdrv not to cache CD-ROM drive in order to permit disk changes
with updated file listings on the CD-ROM.
– Anton Maki Jr., Written 13-Mar-1995 @ 01:01:51
Using: Windows NavCIS PRO 1.5