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Vector Connection
Manufacturer
HK-Computer
, Germany
Date
1994
Amiga
A2000, A3000, A4000
Interface
Zorro II
Autoconfig ID
2113 / 227
serial and parallel interface
up to two bidirectional parallel ports
up to four serial ports - one 25 pin and three 9 pin ports
revision below 2.7
max 57600 bps transfer speed
each two ports must be used at the same transfer speed when using rates above 19200 bps (below mixing is possible)
guaranteed transfer rates: 38400 bps on 68000, 57600 on 68020
hardware bug: lines for DSR and CD are switched on port SER3 - this is corrected by software
revision 2.7 or above
max 115200 bps transfer speed (replacing an oscillator is necessary)
each two ports must be used at the same transfer speed when using rates above 57600 bps (below mixing is possible)
needs at least driver software v1.3
notes
serial drivers / buffers are socketed
if a serial driver is destroyed by overcharge replacing the appropriate 1488 and 1489 chip solves the problem
driver software v2.0 or above requires Kickstart 2.04
MIDI compatible
Photos
front side
back side
front side
back side
Manual
VectorConnection-german.pdf
user manual (german)
248 kB
Driver / Installation Disk
VectorConnection_install_v13a.dms
software disk v1.3 (hkduart.device v1.73, pio.device v1.8)
for Kickstart 1.3
241 kB
VectorConnection_install_v13b.lha
software disk v1.3 (device drivers v1.8)
for Kickstart 1.3
241 kB
VectorConnection_install_v20.lha
software disk v2.0 (device drivers v2.2)
for Kickstart 2.04
217 kB
VectorConnection_v23_beta.lha
device drivers v2.3 and additional tools
38 kB
VectorConnection_v24.lha
device drivers (vectorpar.device v2.4, vectorser.device v2.11)
10 kB