Re: Serial Link between Mac and IIgs

["winston19842005@yahoo.com" <winston19842005@yahoo.com>]

On Jan 18, 5:29 am, oz390gta <oz390...@gmail.com> wrote:
> I have been trying to set up a stable/fast serial link between my IIgs
> (ROM03) and my MacPro with a Keyspan USB to serial adapter. This
> connection works fine with ADTPro and it is quite quick at 115200
> kbps. When I try a serial link with ProTerm on the GS and zterm on my
> Mac I can not get a reliable connection above 9600 kbps. I ideally
> want to transfer files between the machines at a half decent speed in
> SHK format so I am not stuck with having to convert SHK to DSK or 2mg
> files before sending them via ADTPro.
>
>  Am I using the right software? The hardware seems OK as it works with
> ADTPro. Am I running into some limitations I don't know about?
>

You know about handshaking? Hardware usually RTS/CTS. Software is XON/
XOFF. Hardware is better. All that stuff? Make sure your terminal
programs are configured to use handshaking. Otherwise, 9600 is
probably the fastest you can go without problems. If you are using the
same cable with ADTPro, it obviously is wired for handshaking,
hopefully a standard type like RTS/CTS that can be used with your
terminal programs.