[Coco] NitrOS9 driver for Tandy RS232 Pak?
Gene Heskett
gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Dec 28 19:53:10 EST 2008
On Sunday 28 December 2008, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>Title says it. I understand that OS-9 has always supported user consoles
>on the bit-banger serial port, but with speed limited to 300-baud (!)
>
>I have just acquired a Tandy RS232 Program Pak and am wondering whether
>such a thing as a terminal driver exists for it. Grepping the sources for
>NitrOS9 is showing only a device descriptor for a serial console. Where
>(if it exists) is the actual driver?
>
>I'd like to connect a serial terminal at, e.g. 19200 baud to the CoCo 3
>and obtain an OS-9 login. While I like most everything about the CoCo as
>an 8-bit hobby machine, I find the keyboard unspeakably wretched.
>Ideally, I could use miniterm from my Linux box to log in.
>
>Any advice appreciated!
>
>Steve
I use minicom here. It supports all the usual file transfer suspects, and the
linux rzsz is compatible with the os9 version on the coco.
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