Re: ADT with a Laser 128

["Bill Garber" <willy46pa@comcast.net>]

"Calthaer" <calthaer@yahoo.com> wrote in message
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: Thanks for replying, Bill. Here's a list of the steps I take to
transfer
: data to / from the Laser.
:
: -Format the disk: New, Init Hello, it erases everything.
:
: -Open Tera Term Pro (a generic terminal program). It's using
COM 2 at 300
: baud. I needed to insert a 50 msec delay between lines in order
for the
: program to successfully transmit to the Laser. Put in a 10 msec
delay
: between characters just to be safe.
:
: -IN#2, then ctrl+a, then 6b to set the Laser's slot 2 (labelled
"modem" -
: it's the port where I plug in the null modem cable. Used to run
an old
: external dial-up modem off of it way back in the day) to 300
baud.
:
: -send ADTSSCFG.BAS using TTPro
:
: -send ADT_SS.DMP using TTPro
:
: Both programs were sent successfully as far as I can tell - the
data
: streamed across the screen on the Apple II and they saved
themselves on the
: disk.
:
: -Reboot Laser. BRUN ADT.SS. This brings up the ADT.SS program,
shows me a
: screen at the top that says SSC:S2, 300 (I set it for slot 2,
300 baud,
: since that is what I used to transfer the program to the Laser
in the first
: place). Then says ADT 1.21, DISK: S6,D1 (slot 6, drive 1 -
should be fine).
: If any of those are off, I go into Configure and change them.
So far so
: good.
:
: -Start ADT.EXE in WinXP, which lets me set the com port, the
speed, and
: connect / disconnect - but nothing else. I set it for COM 2,
300 baud, which
: is exactly what worked when I transferred the ADT files in the
first place.

Good up to here, except that 300 baud will take ferever.
Try running it at 9600.

: Then I try to send or receive an image file, and it just hangs.

First of all, everything is automatic. When you get a dir
on the Laser with ADT it should poll the PC automatically,
and show you a directory on the Laser. Does it do that?
Also, it is recommended that images come from and go to
the same directory on the PC that ADT is run from. I think
I mentioned that before.

: I do not have any dip switch banks like the SSC has to set the
port to

[ blah blah blah ]

: Are there any other programs to try?

Ok, now I need you to set up terminal software
on noth machines and try to send a text (ascii)
file to the PC from the Laser. If it doesn't then
we need to look at your settings on the PC. Could
be your serial ports are not compat. What is your
PC's configuration? What I mean is, what CPU, and
speed? If you like we can take this private. Email
in header is not munged, just here in the posts.

Bill @ GarberStreet Enterprizez };-)
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