Re: com port problem: it works on an Apple2, but not on a PC, why?

[kmccorm@access.digex.net (Kevin McCormick)]

In article <1993Jun24.034840.15056@julian.uwo.ca> wlsmith@valve.heart.rri.uwo.ca (Wayne Smith) writes:
>Gwbasic does report a time-out if I don't disable that stuff, so yes,
>I do disable it.  3-wire comm port connections are common for PC's, 
>but this is really a 2-wire situation, but that still shouldn't matter
>as I'm not putting data out, just receiving.
>-Wayne-

Are you sure you have the right baud rate?  I mean, I know I wouldn't trust
a comm program I threw together in Basic... Are you sure your program is
functioning properly?  Try using Qmodem (or equivalent) and see if that works.


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