On Thu, Sep 19, 2019 at 9:36 PM Bill Nobel <b_no...@hotmail.com> wrote:
> I should also note an observation I’ve had with my code. I’m going from > the Teensy to a Max3232 to the T-102. Even with power off on the 102 I > receive garbage on the port. My code seems to catch all the preambles > though to start a packet. Code is starting to get larger so I’m going to > post a Github for anybody to look at. > > Bill > > One thing to be aware of with TS-DOS is it sends some bytes that seem like garbage (since they aren't framed with ZZ, length and checksum) but aren't really garbage. They are the "directory extensions". A real TPDD ignores them. Desklink, LaddieAlpha, NADSBox, Mcomm etc. all process them. -- John.