Welcome to the community, Andrew! I'm glad this group of ours continues to grow.
Gary Weber www.web8201.com On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 10:41 PM Andrew Kennedy <and...@68kmentat.com> wrote: > Thanks for the responses, guys. In fact, the 8085 SBC is capable of > CTS/RTS but the RTS signal is not connected to the serial cable. I will > have to figure out how to crimp an extra wire onto the molex connector, and > use a slow baudrate in the mean time. > > I'll also say that I'm interested in the REXCPM and MTVGA protects that > are in the works :) > > - Andrew > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019, 2:27 PM Mike Stein <mhs.stein at gmail.com> wrote: > > > Glitch's SBC does have a 5-pin RS-232 connector so maybe hardware > handshaking is an option with an appropriate cable? > > > > If hardware handshaking is available then AFAIK Hterm will work up to > 38,400bd with a 5-wire cable. > > > > If H/W handshaking is not available but XON/XOFF is then Telcom will > work fine up to 19,200bd with a three-wire null modem cable. > > > > If neither handshake version is available then indeed, you'll have to > limit yourself to a low baud rate, probably 1200 or less, to avoid buffer > overflow; presumably Hterm could still be useful in this case for its > conversion feature. > > > > m > > ----- Original Message ----- > > From: John R. Hogerhuis > > To: m100 at bitchin100.com > > Sent: Wednesday, February 20, 2019 5:03 PM > > Subject: Re: [M100] New Model T owner > > > > > > > > > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 20, 2019 at 1:35 PM Mike Stein <mhs.stein at gmail.com> > wrote: > > > > Well, that depends... if you can do XON/XOFF handshaking and have a > 'real' serial port you should be able to do 19,200bd without problems. > > > > But Hterm is worth looking into anyway; not only can it use hardware > handshaking, it can also go up to 38,400bd (or more) and can translate UTF > & ANSII codes. > > > > > > > > He did mention a 3-wire capable. HTERM won't work. > > > > For his 8085 machine TELCOM with XON/XOFF (it the host supports it) > may be the ticket. > > > > Or just a low baud rate. > > > > > > -- John. > > -- Gary Weber g...@web8201.com
