Hi,
> I also have a real TXED manual....
Yes, we had one at school....just the one so I don't have it.
>....And an original ZASM manual (an A5 size booklet). And
>something on a 'Local viewdata system' which I've never
>seen the software for.
Never seen a ZASM manual. What's this "Local Viewdata System", I've never
heard of that?
>....other hand is does include support for a beeper in the keyboard
>casing, which the 40 cloumn one does not.
We were going to have a bash at wiring that up at school, but we never got
around to it.
> Most _audio_ machines kept the remote control on a different
>connector from the audio I/O. Remember that normally plugging
>something into the remote control socket opens an internal
>switch, stopping the recorder....
>....'audio' connector, you'd need to have a special audio cable
>with those pins shorted for normal audio recording/playback.
ISTR the machine I was thinking of (I think it was a "Waltham") had a spring
loaded plastic peg in the socket, which was pushed aside by the DIN plugs
metal shroud when inserted. This operated a small switch inside the machine.
However, the more I think about it the more I wonder whether that
arrangement muted the internal loudspeaker rather than allowed for remote
motor control.
>....Of course the Acorn data recorder did have all connections on a
>7 pin DIN socket (so you could use a straight-through cable to link
>it to a BBC micro IIRC). But that was a rather specialised machine.
Is that the same recorder which was designed to match the case shape of the
"Electron" or another one?
I got one of the "Electron" shaped ones with my "Interak", I've never tried
using it.
> There is mention of 'switching it to 'single'' if you only have
>one recorder. Maybe that's the switch in question. It also mentions
>that the remote control is handled by a separate jack plug.
Yes, that's what my copy states too. It's got to be my memory, but I just
don't remember that "remote" lead.
> Ditto... No mention of how to add motor control either...
Mine just says that you have to use an external relay....sigh....
TTFN - Pete.
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Received on Wed Mar 29 2000 - 17:07:04 BST