[Coco] NitrOS9 with Deluxe RS232 Pak

[Bill Nobel]

Hey Ron,

I have had many terminals running under NitrOS9.  Using rs232 paks (at different address’s) or multiple ACIA’s I’ve wired.  First thing I need to know is which driver your current /t2 is using. Your syntax for starting the shell is correct, so it is related to driver or baud settings.  Depending on how many terminals you want, the best speed I have found is about 9600 bd per.  Curtis Boyle and I have had 5 terminals going with 3 printers from NitrOS9.

 For boot files I use kwikgen written by Wes Gale.  It will take your current boot from memory, with modified descriptors, and re-write your boot file. Very handy utility.

And on a side note, thank you for the interest in NitrOS9.  Curtis, Wes and myself along with Allan DeKok created it.

Bill Nobel

> On Jun 17, 2015, at 3:04 PM, Ron <ron at kdomain.org> wrote:
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> Hello everyone,
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> I'm just just getting started with NitrOS9, but being familiar with Linux has help considerably to navigate around the OS.
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> I have a Coco 3 with a MultiPak.  Slot 4 has an SDC controller and I've mounted the NitrOS9 SDC version (nos96809l2v030300coco3_cocosdc.dsk <http://www.nitros9.org/latest/nos96809l2v030300coco3_cocosdc.dsk>). Slot 1 has a Deluxe RS232 Pak.  I've connected this pak to my PC with a NULL modem cable.  RS232 pak seems to work fine with my PC (tested it at 9600 baud) using the RS built-in term program from DECB.
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> I am, however, unable to connect to the Coco (running NitrOS9) from my PC.  Information is a bit spotty online, so I apologize in advance if this is well documented and I just missed it.
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> I run the following command to initiate a shell:
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> shell i=/t2&
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> I believe this telling NitrOS9 to use the Deluxe RS232 Pak and not the bit-banger port.  I'm unfamiliar with how to verify the proper driver is being loaded for /t2 and unable to get the correct syntax for the xmode command to verify what the default term settings are. I'm also thinking there may be a way to communicate faster than 9600 baud using the Deluxe RS232 Pak (from within NitrOS9) as well.
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> I must say, I'm thoroughly impressed by the power of the Coco running NitrOS9.  It was so far ahead of it's time.
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> Thank you!
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> -Ron
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