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desiv · 21 November 2010, 21:38

OK, I got my first A1000 a bit ago.
Still working on it, but one of the things I've found out is that it doesn't have a "standard" parallel port.
Now, neither did the other Amigas, but it was not standard with those.

From what I can tell, there are a few differences.
http://www.l8r.net/technical/t-amigaparallel.shtml

1: The gender is different different. Easy fix..
2: Pin1 on the A1000 is listed as DRDY* and on the others, it's listed as STROBE.. Is that different???
3: The A1000 has 5V on pin 23 when the other Amigas have GND and it has GND on pin 14 where the other Amiga's have 5V. Does anything use that? (Digiview/sound samplers maybe??)
4: Pin16 on the A1000 is GND and the others, it's RESET. Pin25 on the A1000 is RESET and GND on the others. Important?
5: Pin24 on the A1000 is not connected, GND on the others.

So, I am going to hook up my DCTV to my Amiga 1000. Probably won't do much digitizing, but it will be fun to have it available...

If I build a cable that: (This is close but not quite right. One in my post below is better.)
flips 14 and 23
flips 16 and 25
turns 24 into GND

Would that make the port a "standard" Amiga printer port?

Also, for serial, I just need a gender changer??

Thanx,

desiv

21 November 2010, 21:38	#1
desiv Registered User Join Date: Oct 2009 Location: Salem, OR Posts: 1,770	Amiga 1000 parallel port OK, I got my first A1000 a bit ago. Still working on it, but one of the things I've found out is that it doesn't have a "standard" parallel port. Now, neither did the other Amigas, but it was not standard with those. From what I can tell, there are a few differences. http://www.l8r.net/technical/t-amigaparallel.shtml 1: The gender is different different. Easy fix.. 2: Pin1 on the A1000 is listed as DRDY* and on the others, it's listed as STROBE.. Is that different??? 3: The A1000 has 5V on pin 23 when the other Amigas have GND and it has GND on pin 14 where the other Amiga's have 5V. Does anything use that? (Digiview/sound samplers maybe??) 4: Pin16 on the A1000 is GND and the others, it's RESET. Pin25 on the A1000 is RESET and GND on the others. Important? 5: Pin24 on the A1000 is not connected, GND on the others. So, I am going to hook up my DCTV to my Amiga 1000. Probably won't do much digitizing, but it will be fun to have it available... If I build a cable that: (This is close but not quite right. One in my post below is better.) flips 14 and 23 flips 16 and 25 turns 24 into GND Would that make the port a "standard" Amiga printer port? Also, for serial, I just need a gender changer?? Thanx, desiv Last edited by desiv; 20 September 2018 at 22:23.