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BBC Micro to Desktop Cable

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Note
titleThis has not been proved yet

The BBC Micro to Desktop connection will only work with Imp/Exp. All the other modes described in this document only apply to the Z88. USB to Serial Adapters should work but as yet none of this has been proven. The author does not have a BBC Micro, so feedback would be appreciated.

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If you use the Z88 9 way male to 25 way female cable, you will need to use a 25 to 9 way adapter to use the 9 pin plug on the modern Desktops or USB Adapters.. Please ensure that all the 9 way pins are connected. Some adapters only connect 3 of the pins, sometimes the only way to tell is to buy one and test the connections with a meter before use.

Z88 - 2 Speed Operation

2 Speed

The speed of the transfer depends on the following:-

Popdown

Normal 9600 BPS

 OZ

Full 38400 BPS

 

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 HardwareUSB Serial Cables 
 
RS-232		 
 

PCI2S550

or other
RS-232 H/W

FT232R

FT232R CHIPI-X10
Product Identifier: 24597
Vendor Identifier: 1027

FT232R
P24577
V1027

 

CH340
P29987
V6790

PL2303
HXD HX
Rev D)

PL2303RA
P8963
V1659

 

USA-19HS USA-49WG
D:Keyspan USB Serial Port 
M: Keyspan 

 
Drivers

MAC Signed

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MAC Signed
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Driver comments  

Mac OSX: VCP 2.2.18
Linux / rPi: Built-in

    Linux / rPi: Built-in 
Suppliers
 
OS        USER
REPORT 
x86_64  

  

VG
x86_64not avail.


 

 

 

GS
x386 / x86_64




 

 

GS
Arm 32bit 

 

 

 

 

GS
Windows 10 (x86_64)  


 

 

VG
x86_64   

 

 

 



VG
x386

 


 

 

 

 

VG GS
Price
 		 £8.32  £2.21£11.59 £26.02VG

Price
30 Jun 2015 

£26.25£6.95
+£9.95

£12.36
+ Post

£10.99£1.37£12.95£7.49£25.86VG
Price
09 Feb 2016 		£19.11£6.45
+£9.95

£10.03
+ Post 

£10.99£1.49£14.95£7.49 £26.10VG

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HardwareUSB Serial Cables  
 
RS-232		 
 

PCI2S550

or other
RS-232 H/W

FT232R

FT232R CHIPI-X10
P24597
V1027

FT232R
P24577
V1027

 

CH340
P29987
V6790

PL2303
HXD HX
Rev D)

PL2303RA
P8963
V1659

 

USA-19HS USA-49WG
D:Keyspan USB Serial Port 
M: Keyspan  

 
OS        USER
REPORT 
 

OS X 10.11 (x86_64)

not avail.

 

 


Image Added

 

 

VG
x386 / x86_64

 

 

 

 



 

 

 
Arm 32bit 

 

 



 

 

 
(x86_64)  

 

 


 

 

 

 		VG
x86_64  

 



 

VG
x386

 



 

 



 

 

 

Update USB Drivers

Tip
titleTIP Please ensure \latest drivers are installed.

When Eazylink2 uses a Serial Port or a USB - Serial connector, check that the latests drivers have been correctly installed before running the program. With desktop Operating Systems being updated, USB drivers that used to work, may not work after updating

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Example

Device Manager without
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the operating system. A disk with the manual and drivers which are normally supplied with the converter,

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can be years out of date. You are advised to read the manual to see which driver it uses.

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Use Google to search for the latest driver. Some operating systems will automatically find the latest's driver it requires when the USB Adapter is used - e.g. Windows 8.1

For example there is already a later driver ( 08/08/14 3.4.2014 ) than the one shown below. This is why it is important to find the latest drivers to ensure good communication between Eazylink2 and your Desktop.

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Example

Device Manager without
correct driver installed.

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For example - this driver is dated 04/11/2011

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