You just cheat and tell it that it's a 2732
Although its always best to enter exactly the right brand and type, the parameters will differ only slightly per device. There is always (at least in my Needham software) a way to select "Generic" types and so far this has worked fine for me.
I could build two adapters of course, that is, if I decide to get one.....
Because of a good discussion about this subject on the UKvac forum I was triggered to have another look at my current situation.....
I kinda left the Needham project after having experimented a LOT to get it running under some version of Windows, so that I could have USB support for a. USB memory stick or even Internet access. this was on a laptop I still had around and fixed with a screen from Etienne. However, I never got it to work reliably with that set-up. So, yet again Etienne came to to the rescue and have me a ancient Toshiba 1910 laptop (is that the year of release ?
) to give that a try. It basically ran Windows.....95 or 98 maybe, but the basis was DOS.
I actually reformatted the HD and installed just DOS. And apparantly that's where I left the project.....
So....I downloaded the latest Needham EMP-10 software and copied it to a floppy. I first thought I would have to use my current (work) laptop to hookup the USB floppy drive, but to my surprise, OS X still supports floppies via a USB drive, so that was one big hurdle less for me.
ALso I was a bit worried that the Toshiba's internal floppy drive would be DD and not HD, but it worked just fine. Connected the Needham and started the software. It recognizes the Needham without problem, but this also worked with the Windows machine I had tried before.....
So, now I still have to test the set up, will do so tonight. If this set-up is working reliably than this is surely workable for me. The only hassle is exchanging ROM files using floppies and of course the extra laptop itself, but it's surprisingly small and boots up lighting quickly with DOS
