[slinkelist] MD Manager, "Joint Text", Control-a and the slink-e

[Thomas W. Humphrey]

Actually, I checked further and learned that "joint text" is some separate
standard used only by the MZ-R90/91 and a portable CD player sold by Sony.
(Who are these people who only have a portable CD and MD player?  How small
would your apartment have to be for this to make sense?)  Anyway, "Joint
Text" is obviously NOT a control-a connection.  Of course, it is a serial
communication standard and probably could be handled by low-level
programming of the slinke, but who has the time to take on that kind of
project?

----- Original Message -----
From: "William Hollingworth" <will@airmail.net>
To: "Thomas W. Humphrey" <TWHumphrey@alum.mit.edu>
Sent: Friday, May 26, 2000 2:00 AM
Subject: Re: MD Manager question


> Sorry but I really have no idea on this, having never seen either of these
> portables. Do you have an URL of somewhere that has some info on them so I
> can see what they look like out of interest.
>
> Maybe you should check with Sony and see if their MD PC kit will work with
> them.
>
> Will
>
> At 01:22 AM 5/26/2000 +0000, you wrote:
> >Do you know if MD Manager will manage text transfer to a MZ-R90 or R91
> >portable?  It seems the MZ-R90's "joint text" function uses the same
slink
> >Control-A codes over the optional RK-TXT1 cable, to get text into the
> >recorder, but I just wanted to check with you to see if you have
> >investigated this.