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Posted by: mvallance on 2020-05-01 20:31:45
Hello. I have a basic question.
I wish to connect my PowerBook 1400c / OS8.5 to my Newton 2 via Newton Connection Utilities 2.0.
The obstacle is how to de-select my Stylewriter II printer in the Chooser so that I stop getting the message 'serial port in use' when trying to connect the Newton (via a serial cable and Newton adapter).
Does that make sense? Thank you.
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Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-05-02 03:42:54
Do you have AppleTalk turned on in the Chooser? Look at the bottom. If it's enabled, turn it off and try again?
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Posted by: mvallance on 2020-05-03 17:52:12
Thank you. I left my Newton in my university office and now they have gone and locked me out for a week :-(
I will attempt this again later. I will update this thread.
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Posted by: mvallance on 2020-05-19 03:21:42
Do you have AppleTalk turned on in the Chooser? Look at the bottom. If it's enabled, turn it off and try again? Yes... that worked. I restarted the Powerbook too.
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Posted by: cheesestraws on 2020-05-19 03:29:05
Yes... that worked. I restarted the Powerbook too. AppleTalk defaults to using the serial port as its network interface. So if AppleTalk is turned on and you haven't selected the Ethernet port or there is no Ethernet port it will prevent anything else from using it 🙂 . That's why turning AppleTalk off worked.
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