Re: Using the SuperSerial Card in AppleSoft

[pausch@saaf.se (Paul Schlyter)]

In article <pan.2004.06.16.03.36.54.48641@alirossdotco.uk>,
Alistair J Ross  <mailat@alirossdotco.uk> wrote:
> Hello All,
> 
>   I have a ][+ and purely for the sake of getting to grips with my ][, I
> wanted to see if it was possible to use AppleSoft to pop something onto my
> SuperSerial card and get it to display it on my PC.
> 
> What i'm using:
> 
>         * Minicom terminal program on the Linux box
>         * Apple SuperSerial card from a //e
>         * Laplink Cable (is this a fully compatible null-modem cable?)
> 
> Method: 
>         * Looked at the Switch settings on
>           http://www.ee.ualberta.ca/~schmaus/elct/2ser.html

You got the URL wrong there -- dropped an "s" after "elct".  The correct URL is

http://www.ece.ualberta.ca/~schmaus/elcts/2ser.html


>           (dont know if i've set them right though).
>         * Tried to use PR#3 to output raw text
> 
> I believe I have set the card to 8N1, 9600bps. Applesoft sits and does
> nothing when I have switch 1-5 set to 'on', but with it 'off', I simply
> get returned to the AppleSoft prompt. What I'm hoping for is when the card
> gets data (from PR#3 -- the card is in slot 3), it should output the data
> typed on the keyboard to the serial card and finally to the screen on the
> linux box. That isn't happening. Nothing much is.
> 
> Does anyone know if this is possible. If it is, does anyone know where I'm
> going wrong?
> 
> Kindest Regards,
> 
> Alistair Ross

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