[Coco] Testing CoCo3 serial port.
Mark McDougall
msmcdoug at iinet.net.au
Tue Feb 24 19:10:09 EST 2009
Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:
> Hi is there any way that I can verify that the serial port on my CoCo3
> is working correctly, I have it wired up to my PC via a 3 wire cable and
> am having problems getting it to work in drivewire (though DW works fine
> on my CoCo2 with the same cable).
The simplest way I can think of would be to physically loop-back the TX & RX
pins on the connector at the coco end and run a serial terminal program on
the coco. You should see any typed characters 'echoed' back.
Regards,
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