[Coco] NitrOS9 with Deluxe RS232 Pak

[Ron]

Hi Bill,

I'm still reading through as much as I can in an evening, so I don't 
know how to tell which driver my /t2 is using.  Based on what Gene said, 
it's probably different between the various builds of NitrOS9.  I was 
using the version (for the SDC) listed in my original email below.  How 
do I find which driver it's using?  I'm still getting up to speed on the 
whole device descriptors concept.

I read about the adding up of various parameter bits to set the baud 
rate, parity, stop bits, etc.  The OS9 Level 2 documentation was very 
thorough in that regard.  Since I'm definately a "newbie" with NitrOS9, 
I'm not too proud to ask for help in getting my remote terminal going.

I'm very impressed with what I've seen and read so far with NitrOS9.  It 
should be folks (like myself) that use and enjoy our Coco's thanking you 
all for developing a great OS and other developers like Gene who take 
time to make improvements to your OS.

I appreciate the help and thank you!

-Ron




On 6/17/2015 10:11 PM, Bill Nobel wrote:
> 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.
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>   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.
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> And on a side note, thank you for the interest in NitrOS9.  Curtis, Wes and myself along with Allan DeKok created it.
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> Bill Nobel
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>> 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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