[NTLK] Connecting a Newton/eMate to SheepSaver or Basilisk II emulators

[Craig Bradley]

Followed the instructions but I get a “Could not initialise the Serial connection because the Modem Port is being used” error from Mac OS 7.5.5 from with Basilisk II . I have check all software and nothing is using the port. I did the same with the printer port and got the same error.

//Craig



> On 7 Dec 2023, at 7:04 am, Matthias Melcher <m.melcher at robowerk.de> wrote:
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>> On Dec 6, 2023, at 07:35, Craig Bradley via NewtonTalk <newtontalk at newtontalk.net> wrote:
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>> Pawel,
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>> Any form of instructions would be fine. I just can’t seem to get it to work. 
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>> //Craig
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> I am using BasiliskII on my MacBook. 
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> First you need to know the name of your serial port adapter. Plug it into your Mac, open a Terminal window, and type "ls -l /dev/cu.*" (don't type the quotes) and press enter. You should get something like this:
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> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  0x9000001 Nov 29 20:56 /dev/cu.Bluetooth-Incoming-Port
> crw-rw-rw-  1 root  wheel  0x9000001 Nov 29 20:56 /dev/cu.usbserial-10
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> Ignore the gibberish at the start and look at the last path name only. Since our cable is not the first line with Bluetooth, it must be the second line: "/dev/cu.usbserial-10". Tehnical term is "the path to the serial port adapter device". On Linux, they look the same. 
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> On MSWindows, you have to go into the Device Manager and look for Serial Port devices. They are named "COM1", "COM2", etc. . Or if you are brave, you open CMD.EXE and type `wmic path win32_pnpentity get caption /format:table| find "COM"` (without the ` and `). The path to such a device is "\\.\COM1".
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> BasiliskII is configured using a file named ".basilisk_ii_prefs" in my home directory. The '.' in front makes this a hidden file that you can't see in Finder. To open this file, I use the Terminal: "open .basilisk_ii_prefs". Then find the line that starts with "seriala". Add the path name of the device you just found, so the line reads "seriala /dev/cu.usbserial-10" (without the quotes and with the path name of *your* adapter). Restart BasiliskII.
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> Using "serial" and "modem port" within BasiliskII should now connect directly to your serial port adapter. No drivers on the Classic side needed.
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> Hope that helps.
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> - Matthias