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Sorry if this is getting boring for those who read this, but I have 
some updates.

Firstly, My EII is a REV 0, but it has been upgraded, and can 
communicate with my MAC IIsi fine.. But to be honest, I'd prefer 
using my MAC Classic II as it's, well, more compact.

I re-formatted my mac classic II with a nice fresh install of OS 
7.0.1 so there should be minimal conflict issues.
(I'll post up a walk through for others of how to do this soon + 
OS.7.0.1 files [the ones from the mac site seemed corrupt])

When using SD with my EII, I can play it remotely with the onscreen 
computer keyboard etc (So comms are kinda working) but when I try and 
do anything like sending or receiving a bank etc, the EII's drive 
whirs for a bit, then the EII locks up with a message "Under Control 
of MAC" and no button pressing etc will free it up.
The mac flashes up the error "Can't control with Emulator II ..."

I've tried both ports (Printer & Modem)
I've tried turning apple talk off & on, still no luck
Virtual memory is off. (I've tried with it on as well)
32bit mode is off (I've tried with it on too)

Any other options etc?

Thanks for your help
Regards
Mike

This means that the "slow" communication at 31.25 kbaud is working, 
but the "fast" one at 500 kbaud is not. The fact that the drive is 
activated for a short while is just for loading the OS module for 
RS422 communication.
It's typical behaviour for a Mac which doesn't support this 500 kbaud 
communication.
In the database of hardware compatibility the Classic II is not 
mentioned as compatible, and if I remember well other people 
complained about this machine before.
An original Classic will do the job... 

///E-Synthesist
--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, "mrjdevries" <mrjdevries@...> 
wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is getting boring for those who read this, but I have 
> some updates.
> 
> Firstly, My EII is a REV 0, but it has been upgraded, and can 
> communicate with my MAC IIsi fine.. But to be honest, I'd prefer 
> using my MAC Classic II as it's, well, more compact.
> 
> I re-formatted my mac classic II with a nice fresh install of OS 
> 7.0.1 so there should be minimal conflict issues.
> (I'll post up a walk through for others of how to do this soon + 
> OS.7.0.1 files [the ones from the mac site seemed corrupt])
> 
> When using SD with my EII, I can play it remotely with the onscreen 
> computer keyboard etc (So comms are kinda working) but when I try 
and 
> do anything like sending or receiving a bank etc, the EII's drive 
> whirs for a bit, then the EII locks up with a message "Under 
Control 
> of MAC" and no button pressing etc will free it up.
> The mac flashes up the error "Can't control with Emulator II ..."
> 
> I've tried both ports (Printer & Modem)
> I've tried turning apple talk off & on, still no luck
> Virtual memory is off. (I've tried with it on as well)
> 32bit mode is off (I've tried with it on too)
> 
> Any other options etc?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> Regards
> Mike
>

Damn.. Oh well, It's been a bit of a learning experience.
 
Back to searching for a Mac Classic again.. lol.
 
Regards
Mike

--- On Sat, 29/11/08, esynthesist <esynthesist@...> wrote:

From: esynthesist <esynthesist@...>
Subject: [emulatorII-list] Re: Mac Classic II communication issues
To: emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com
Received: Saturday, 29 November, 2008, 7:26 AM






This means that the "slow" communication at 31.25 kbaud is working, 
but the "fast" one at 500 kbaud is not. The fact that the drive is 
activated for a short while is just for loading the OS module for 
RS422 communication.
It's typical behaviour for a Mac which doesn't support this 500 kbaud 
communication.
In the database of hardware compatibility the Classic II is not 
mentioned as compatible, and if I remember well other people 
complained about this machine before.
An original Classic will do the job... 

///E-Synthesist
--- In emulatorII-list@ yahoogroups. com, "mrjdevries" <mrjdevries@ ...> 
wrote:
>
> Sorry if this is getting boring for those who read this, but I have 
> some updates.
> 
> Firstly, My EII is a REV 0, but it has been upgraded, and can 
> communicate with my MAC IIsi fine.. But to be honest, I'd prefer 
> using my MAC Classic II as it's, well, more compact.
> 
> I re-formatted my mac classic II with a nice fresh install of OS 
> 7.0.1 so there should be minimal conflict issues.
> (I'll post up a walk through for others of how to do this soon + 
> OS.7.0.1 files [the ones from the mac site seemed corrupt])
> 
> When using SD with my EII, I can play it remotely with the onscreen 
> computer keyboard etc (So comms are kinda working) but when I try 
and 
> do anything like sending or receiving a bank etc, the EII's drive 
> whirs for a bit, then the EII locks up with a message "Under 
Control 
> of MAC" and no button pressing etc will free it up.
> The mac flashes up the error "Can't control with Emulator II ..."
> 
> I've tried both ports (Printer & Modem)
> I've tried turning apple talk off & on, still no luck
> Virtual memory is off. (I've tried with it on as well)
> 32bit mode is off (I've tried with it on too)
> 
> Any other options etc?
> 
> Thanks for your help
> Regards
> Mike
>

 














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--- In emulatorII-list@yahoogroups.com, Mike de Vries <mrjdevries@...>
wrote:
>
> Back to searching for a Mac Classic again.. lol.

FWIW, If you must have a Compact Mac, something based on the 68030
would be a better choice IMO (ie: an SE/30 or Color Classic).