[DSP-10] Help with IBM Thinkpad model 380D

Thu, 9 Oct 2003 19:27:45 -0700

Steve:

The only consolation I have is that I experienced similar behavior with a
super-small Compaq 486 laptop about a year ago.

In that case though, I did note that I could use the EZFAST (DOS)
application to download the program.  My problem was during the startup
sequence of the DSP-10 application itself.  I didn't pursue it (from that
angle) any further.

Try breaking the problem down into pieces.  Use the ThinkPad and the windows
app to download the program, but then shift back over to launching the DOS
app from a known-working DOS box.  Did it work or not ?  Did the "$GO"
statement get sent down, etc. ?

Try and find a program that uses the serial port, from DOS.  If this were
1996, I would have had about 20 for you.  But that was in a previous life,
so I'm sorry to say I don't have much to suggest.

I have another loader program running on Windows.  I just have to sift out
the MSVCRT.DLL issue and it should be ready to share.  Let me know if you
want to give that a try.  I do the same thing with this one:  Download the
program from the Win2K box, then shift over to the serial port off of the
DOS box.

73,

	Roger
	KA7EXM

-----Original Message-----
From: [email protected] [mailto:[email protected]]On
Behalf Of Steven Bible
Sent: Thursday, October 09, 2003 7:08 PM
To: [email protected]
Subject: [DSP-10] Help with IBM Thinkpad model 380D

Hello Everyone,

I've been helping Art with his IBM Thinkpad model 380D running Windows 95 to
work with his DSP-10.

I am able to get UHF3.EXE loaded with the ADI EZ-Kit Lite Monitor program
from Windows 95.  Then I reboot to DOS (by selecting Start -> Shutdown ->
Restart the computer in MS-DOS mode?).  At the DOS prompt I type "UHFA.EXE
2" and that's when UHFA.EXE comes up in the splash screen, then hit enter,
then there's a pause as it says it's downloading DSP pointers.  After a few
moments it beeps and says it timed out.

The DSP-10 works fine with another Toshiba laptop, so I know that the DSP-10
is fine.  It appears that the serial port (COM2) on the Thinkpad does not
want to play when in DOS mode.

Any ideas?

73,

- Steve, N7HPR
 ([email protected])

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