Thanks, I'm glad to see I'm not alone with those M200 freezes when using serial
comm, I also believe it's due to flow control, specifically xon/xoff , I may be
able to exit out of the freeze with an escape code, i'll try that. It's likely
CTS/RTS has been implemented as a hardware interrupt, whereas the xon/xoff
support is obviously software and can leave "dead links" if they implemented
that without any timeout. (It's just a hunch I did not investigate that so
don't quote me on this.) The device seems less likely to "hang" with hardware
flow control. The M102 also crashes less than my M200 for whatever reason. I'm
probably a nerd but I like to use serial communication to make demos, or simply
revive those programs and learn those techniques again. I have a serial link
between M200 and M102 and you quickly hit the limitations of stock "telcom";
Also some features exist int he M200 telcom but not on the m100/102 ( like line
feed CR/LF conversions ) which explains why the STAT strings are different. So
communication between those two is limited. I'll have a look at HTERM Le
2022-12-08 21:05, B 9 <hacke...@gmail.com> a écrit : > > > The frozen thing is
common for me with TELCOM as well when I remove the serial cable. I don't know
if that's a Tandy 200 thing or if it affects the Model 100 as well. > > > > I
presume it has something to do with Carrier Detect, or the like. The solution
is to hit Shift-Break then F8. Every time you hit Shift-Break, TELCOM seems to
process one character before it gets stuck waiting again for CD, so you might
have to hit it repeatedly. > > > > I have heard that John Hogerhuis's HTERM is
the consensus best terminal, but I have not used it yet. > > > > For file
transfers, I use dlplus (https://github.com/bkw777/dlplus) (also originally
written by John Hogerhuis, but I believe it is now maintained by Brian White).
Dlplus is nicer than xmodem because it acts like a drive. It also has a nifty
bootstrap mode (https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=H0xx9cOe97s) that gets a binary
transfer program onto your T200. Just run this on your host side and follow the
prompts: > > > > ```bash > > dlplus -b DSKMGR.200 > > ``` > > > > If you are
connecting to a UNIX box via TELCOM, I humbly suggest giving my Tandy Terminfo
(https://github.com/hackerb9/Tandy-Terminfo/) a try. > > > > --b9 > > > > >
P.S. There are other options than DSKMGR.200 if you find it takes too much
space. Use `dlplus -l` to see them. > > > > > > > > > > > On Thu, Dec 8, 2022
at 4:54 AM Cedric Amand <ced...@cedric.net (mailto:ced...@cedric.net)> wrote: >
> > > > > Hello everyone, > > > > > > > > Very simple question ; is there a
more sophisticated program than TELCOM for modem or direct serial
communications ? > > > > Maybe part of a ROM ? > > > > > > > > Specifically,
something that would support xmodem or make file exchanges easier ? Also maybe
easier settings than "stat" :) > > > > > > > > I also often find myself with
the M200 "frozen" when doing serial communication (cannot F8 anymore, need to
RESET), like if I hangup on one side, the receiving M200 is frozen. > > > > Am
I doing something wrong ? > > > > > > > > Thanks ! > > > > > > > > >
