Jarek Adamski wrote: > > Hi! > > > > Is there the network interface mentioned in "The User's Guide" > > on page 170. "Network, screened microphone cable via external > > MGT interface to Expansion Port." I think it must be a kind of > > concentrator. On next page there's NETWORK lead with title "FROM > > NETWORK PLUG DIN 7", so it doesn't mean SAM-to-SAM connection. > > > > In MasterDOS description I found only 'DEVICE n', 'SAVE "n:"' > > and 'LOAD "n:"'. I tested this, but this is not network > > channels described in TUG on pages 118, 119 and 153.
Justin Skists wrote: > I had always had the impression that the network port was, in fact, > the MIDI port. You connect the SAMs up as a daisy chain and tell > the SAM about it. > > I don't know of SamDos actually worked with this or not. > > Anyone else? > > Justin. Kinda-sorta right. It is the MIDI port, but it's not the MIDI hardware running the thing, AFAIK. Those extra 2 pins on the MIDI port do the networking. So I suppose it would be possible to wire up a little patch box to allow both MIDI and networking to be used at once. Also, I'm not quite sure what you mean by a "daisy chain". The network is not a loop, in case you think so. As for the "Network (...) via external MGT interface", I can only assume it is a misprint. I guess they were not going to build the networking in originally, and then changed their minds. I have actually used a Sam network. Well, 2 Sams, anyway. I even wrote a 2 player centipedes game in BASIC. It crashed a lot. (My excuse is that I was not able to get a proper network cable.) I probably still have a copy somewhere... BTW, does this make me famous? ;-) -- James Gasson
