What is the expression.
only life guarantee's are death and taxes?
smiles.
Cheers,
Kare
On Wed, 1 Nov 2023, Jason J.G. White wrote:
As a matter of clarification: the software and the hardware obviously both
need to refer to the same IRQ and I/O address, etc. In addition, those
addresses need to be chosen to avoid conflicts with other hardware on the
system, which is why experimentation with different switch settings may be
needed. So far as I know, success isn't guaranteed.
On 1/11/23 09:48, Karen Lewellen wrote:
Hi Jason,
Certainly respect your stance.
Speaking personally, because my physical experience is somewhat unique,
what some call old for me is often life critical where connecting is
concerned.
My goal for this card is indeed a backup for my preferred synthesis, my
reading edge.
Still intend locating the Macbook pro most suitable for my experiences
though, providing a different kind of backup.
for now, happily tapping the case of the newly built just last week
machine meeting my needs, I will explore how to incorporate this backup
option.
Kare
On Tue, 31 Oct 2023, Jason J.G. White wrote:
>
> On 31/10/23 15:41, Karen Lewellen wrote:
> > Given dt.bat can be edited it seems,
> > any tool that will locate the dectalk internal card?
> >
> I am not aware of any such tool. There may be a conflict with the
> addresses and interrupts used by other hardware in the machine, in hich
> case you'll have to change the settings on the DECtalk card.
>
> I've long since forgotten the details. The manual should be included
> with the software, though, and it should document the switches. If I
> remember rightly, eliminating these issues was among the reasons why
> there was a move in the 1990s to the PCI bus.
>
> I would suggest putting together a good plan for what you're going to do
> if you can't get this working, especially if you expect to rely on it.
> If it's just a hobby at this point to experiment with old technology,
> that's fine, but if you plan to use it for serious work than make sure
> you have alternative options in place.
>
>
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