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==== File transfer between Windows PCs and X68000 machines using a null modem cable ==== | ==== File transfer between Windows PCs and X68000 machines using a null modem cable ==== | ||
- | The following tutorial is kind contribution by our forum member Magic Knight. | + | The following tutorial is kind contribution by our forum member |
Last year I had a problem. I wanted to transfer files which I had downloaded from the Internet onto my Windows PC over to my X68000. I didn’t have a 5.25” drive on my PC, and even if I were to get one, I was running Windows XP so a program like xfloppy wasn’t going to work anyway. I do have a laptop, running Windows 98, but with no way to connect a 5.25” drive. | Last year I had a problem. I wanted to transfer files which I had downloaded from the Internet onto my Windows PC over to my X68000. I didn’t have a 5.25” drive on my PC, and even if I were to get one, I was running Windows XP so a program like xfloppy wasn’t going to work anyway. I do have a laptop, running Windows 98, but with no way to connect a 5.25” drive. | ||
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I therefore contacted Makoto Kamada, whose website is here: | I therefore contacted Makoto Kamada, whose website is here: | ||
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He suggested that I should try connecting the two machines (Window 98 laptop and X68000) using a null modem cable and then transfering the files that way. At the time he had not yet publicly released the BASIC program he wrote to start the process, but recently he did release it with details of how to use it on his website (in Japanese), along with the program itself. | He suggested that I should try connecting the two machines (Window 98 laptop and X68000) using a null modem cable and then transfering the files that way. At the time he had not yet publicly released the BASIC program he wrote to start the process, but recently he did release it with details of how to use it on his website (in Japanese), along with the program itself. | ||
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First, let’s look at the requirements: | First, let’s look at the requirements: | ||
- | Your Windows PC will probably have to be Windows 95/98 or similar, I haven’t tried it with other operating systems. You could try it and see if it works on your own system. | + | |
- | Your X68000 probably needs Human68k 3.02, it may well work with earlier versions, I really don’t know. | + | *Your Windows PC will probably have to be Windows 95/98 or similar, I haven’t tried it with other operating systems. You could try it and see if it works on your own system. |
- | A null modem cable. The one I got to work is the Sanwa KR-MD1. | + | *Your X68000 probably needs Human68k 3.02, it may well work with earlier versions, I really don’t know. |
+ | *A null modem cable. The one I got to work is the Sanwa KR-MD1. | ||
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Now, the procedure: | Now, the procedure: | ||
- | **1. Download and install Tera Term Pro ver. 2.3 for Windows on your PC** | + | ==== 1. Download and install Tera Term Pro ver. 2.3 for Windows on your PC ==== |
Download ttermp23.zip from: | Download ttermp23.zip from: | ||
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- | **2. Download ZM.X for X68000** | + | ==== 2. Download ZM.X for X68000 |
Download ZMX68K4.LZH from: | Download ZMX68K4.LZH from: | ||
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- | **3. Extract sxmr.zip onto the Windows PC** | + | ==== 3. Extract sxmr.zip onto the Windows PC ==== |
http:// | http:// | ||
- | When extracted, you will see a simple text file, sxmr.bas. | + | When extracted, you will see a simple text file, sxmr.bas. This is a simple XMODEM receiver tool written by Makoto. You use it only once, when transferring ZM.X from the Windows PC to the X68000. |
- | This is a simple XMODEM receiver tool written by Makoto. | ||
- | You use it only once, when transferring ZM.X from the Windows PC to the X68000. | + | ==== 4. Setup the serial port of the Windows PC ==== |
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- | **4. Setup the serial port of the Windows PC** | + | |
Start Tera Term Pro. | Start Tera Term Pro. | ||
- | Tera Term Pro | + | < |
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- | -Save setup | + | -Save setup</ |
- | **5. Setup the RS-232C port of the X68000** | + | ==== 5. Setup the RS-232C port of the X68000 |
Using Human68k version 3.02: | Using Human68k version 3.02: | ||
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Now reset the X68000 so that the driver loads while booting. | Now reset the X68000 so that the driver loads while booting. | ||
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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- | **6. Transfer sxmr.bas from the Windows PC to the X68000** | + | ==== 6. Transfer sxmr.bas from the Windows PC to the X68000 |
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
< | < | ||
- | From Tera Term Pro | + | < |
-File | -File | ||
-Send file | -Send file | ||
-File name: sxmr.bas | -File name: sxmr.bas | ||
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This is an easy method to transfer text files from Windows PC to X68000. | This is an easy method to transfer text files from Windows PC to X68000. | ||
- | CAUTION: The copy command of X68000 does not stop until 0x1a is received. | + | **CAUTION:** |
+ | *The copy command of X68000 does not stop until 0x1a is received. | ||
+ | *You might have to use the INTERRUPT switch or the RESET button to abort the copy command if you have a problem. | ||
- | You might have to use the INTERRUPT switch or the RESET button to abort the copy command | + | sxmr.bas already ends with 0x1a. You can easily add a 0x1a to the end of a file by the following |
- | sxmr.bas already ends with 0x1a. | + | < |
- | You can easily add a 0x1a to the end of a file by the following command at the Windows Command Prompt. | ||
- | > copy OLDFILE+nul NEWFILE | + | ==== 7. Transfer ZM.X from Windows PC to X68000 ==== |
+ | *If you already have an LZH extractor on your X68000, transfer the file ZMX68K4.LZH. | ||
+ | *Otherwise, transfer ZM.X extracted from ZMX68K4.LZH by using your favourite tool. | ||
- | **7. Transfer ZM.X from Windows PC to X68000** | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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- | If you already have an LZH extractor on your X68000, transfer the file ZMX68K4.LZH. | + | |
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- | Otherwise, transfer ZM.X extracted from ZMX68K4.LZH by using your favourite tool. | + | |
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- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | |
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- | From Tera Term Pro | + | < |
-File | -File | ||
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-Send | -Send | ||
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Hit any key on X68000 to start transferring. | Hit any key on X68000 to start transferring. | ||
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- | **8. Transfer any files from Windows PC to X68000** | + | ==== 8. Transfer any files from Windows PC to X68000 |
- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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- | From Tera Term Pro | + | < |
-File | -File | ||
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-Send | -Send | ||
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+ | If you had transferred not ZMX68K4.LZH but ZM.X, you should transfer a LZH extractor, e.g. lx.r, and ZMX68K4.LZH first and replace ZM.X. | ||
- | If you had transferred not ZMX68K4.LZH but ZM.X, you should transfer a LZH extractor, e.g. lx.r, and ZMX68K4.LZH first and replace ZM.X. lx.r is here: | + | lx.r is here: |
http:// | http:// | ||
- | **9. Transfer any files from X68000 to Windows PC** | + | ==== 9. Transfer any files from X68000 to Windows PC ==== |
- | From Tera Term Pro | + | < |
-File | -File | ||
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- | At the X68000 Command line type | + | At the X68000 Command line type: |
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