Re: ADTPro problem - non-SSC serial cards supported?

[jim@magrathea.plus.com (Jim)]

schmidtd <schmidtd@my-deja.com> wrote:

> > I go into Confi(G) and set the comms as best I can, however it
> > assumes either an SSC in one of the sockets, or one of two
> > modems. I choose SSC in slot 2 (with the correct baud rate),
> > but I don't actually have an SSC
> > card, I have a CSS 7710.
> 
> ADTPro is closely tied to hardware serial ports to get at the highest
> baud rates they support.  Your 7710 isn't closely related enough to
> the SSC to allow it to work.


[expletive deleted]

 
> > Attempting to (R)eceive images from the host PC fails - it sits on
> > 'WAITING ON HOST REPLY, ESC CANCELS', the host PC
> > seemingly unaware that it's being talked to.
> 
> Yep, ADTPro is tweaking hardware registers an listening to I/O
> addresses that don't exist on your card.


Can I suggest (and make a heartfelt request) that it coulod perhaps do
with a "unknown pre-configured serial card so don't try to be clever"
option?

 
> ADTPro has support for what's called the "pascal entry point" calling
> convention, and that's what is used when you select LASER MODEM.  I
> imagine there's some dim hope that the 7710 supports pascal entry
> points; if it does, then the LASER MODEM selection would be the way
> you'd get at them.  (Make sure it's in slot 2.)

Worth a try...hang on...

[goes into config]
[selects LASER MODEM]
[screen goes black]..........................[screen stays black]

[expletive deleted]

That would be a 'no' then..:-)

> > On the host, when I change the working directory from File->Change
> > Working Directory, should I see a list of the .DSK files in there or is
> > it just a directory picker? I only ask because the file list is always
> > blank, despite there being at least two .DSK files present.
> 
> You are picking the directory, so only directories are shown.

Gotcha.

Looks like at I'm at something of an impasse then.

I don't suppose anyone in the UK has a Super Serial card they'd care to
donate?

Or a bootable disk with a comms package on?


Actually, given that all I want to do is display what the serial port is
receiving, could I just do that in Apple BASIC? Does it have something
along the lines of   fgetc() ?

[wanders off to fill a glass with a large quantity of something with the
words 'Single Malt' in the name]

Jim
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