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Re: Got myself a Tiger Learning Computer today



On 9/3/2010 9:32 AM, schmidtd wrote:
On Sep 3, 11:47 am, Eric Rucker<bhtoo...@gmail.com>  wrote:
On Sep 2, 9:56 pm, schmidtd<schmi...@my-deja.com>  wrote:

I'm not convinced the serial port is viable on my machine.  I get the
normal status out of the status register when nothing's attached, but
when I hook up the other side via a null modem, the status doesn't
change (at all) the way other SSC machines do.  So, lots of tweaks to
the configuration registers later, I still don't have anything coming
out the wire.

Could it possibly be TTL levels, rather than RS-232 levels?

On a Commodore 64, sure - but this machine was made in 1996.  The
advertisements suggested that there was an upcoming communications
package that would connect to the 'net, which would (at the time) have
required a typical external modem at the other end of the serial port.

But perhaps they intended to add a level shifter in a special "cable".

It would be very helpful to look at the TX pin with a 'scope.

-michael

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