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

["Michael J. Mahon" <mjmahon@aol.com>]

Jim wrote:
> Michael J. Mahon <mjmahon@aol.com> wrote:
>
>
> > > I tried a very simple programme thus:
> > >
> > > 10 TEXT:HOME
> > > 20 IN#2
> > > 30 GET A$
> > > 40 PRINT A$;
> > > 50 GOTO 30
> > >
> > > It correctly gets and displays the first character, but nothing
> > > afterwards. Comms seem ok in all other respects.
> >
> > I don't see a problem with your program...
> >
> > Are you sending starting with a low rate, like 300bps, and
> > working up?
>
>
> Granted no, I've tried 9600 and 4800, but both of those work fine when
> just typing IN#2 and typing at a prompt. It's as though GET  is doing
> something different somehow.
>
> Could it be a handshaking issue? I suspect I'm either using no
> handshaking or hardware handshaking.

Curious.  GET should work..  In a pinch, a short M/L program
that calls KBIN and COUT should do the same thing, only faster.

-michael

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