VIC-Switch User Manual
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1. 12 meters i e 9 12 and 18 feet Longer cables are not recommended When the computers and the power cable are connected all the LED s on the front panel should be off except the LED indicating that the VIC SWITCH is on If a LED is lit when the system is set up VIC SWITCH signals that a peripheral device is not switched on If it happens that a LED still is lit the user of the corresponding input number should press the RUN STOP key and the RESTORE key at the same time until the light goes off When VIC SWITCH is started it is essential that all LED s showing communication are off We recommend that the VIC SWITCH is pow ered on last If a user of a computer wants to turn it off it is recommended that the communication cable is disconnected before the computer is switched off this will prevent disturbancies for other users COPYRIGHT by ae NA LO sweden Box 42054 S 12612 Stockholm2. VIC SWITCH USER S MANUAL GENERAL INFORMATION VIC SWITCH enables eight VIC 20 or CBM 64 computers to communi cate with the same pripheral devices If more than one user wants to communicate at the same time the VIC SWITCH will put them in a queue The waiting users will get access to the peripheral devices in a consecutive order i e number 2 is served before 7 But if 6 is com municating at the time 2 and 7 asks for a peripheral device VIC SWITCH will open the channel for the user connected to number 7 as soon as 6 has finished In this way no priority is given to certain users VIC SWITCH should only be connected to COMMODORE products designed for serial IEEE communication e g FLOPPY DISC VIC 1540 GRAPHIC PRINTER VIC 1515 CONNECTING AND PREPARING VIC SWITCH On the front panel shown in Figure 1 there are nine LED s The left most LED is lit when the power is on The other eight indicate which computer communicates with a peripheral pwr 123 45 6 7 8 The back panel Figure 2 of the VIC SWITCH consists of nine DIN sockets and a connector for the power cable The leftmost DIN socket should be connected to the peripheral devices The other eight are input sockets for VIC 20 CBM 64 computers However all eight inputs does not have to be used any configuration of up to eight will work oT 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 pwr lOHOVOVOTO OTOTOTOLT BR The cables for VIC SWITCH will come in the lengths 3 6 and
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