[Coco] RS-232 pak problems

[James Dessart]

On 20-May-04, at 2:02 PM, Robert Gault wrote:

>> I'm having trouble with an RS-232 pak, when I boot from it as the 
>> only thing in my CoCo 3, it sits at a screen saying "TANDY DELUXE 
>> RS-232 PAK" or some such, and never brings the expected OK prompt. 
>> Ditto when I stick it in my multipak. Any clues?
> That is exactly what you should see.

However, the manual is saying it should give me an OK prompt on powerup.

> 2. The RS-232 pak menu screen is toggled on/off with the BREAK key.

Tried it, doesn't work, unfortunately.

> 3. The RS-232 pak only talks to a modem connection not an OS. 
> Therefore there is no OK or other prompt displayed by the pak. All pak 
> commands are handled on the menu screen. The other screen is used to 
> talk to your modem or terminal connection.

Well, I'm getting nothing but the message, no matter what I press. I do 
have the AT keyboard adaptor from Cloud-9, but that works in standard 
DOS...

As I said in my other email, there might be a fault with the traces 
being cut.

Thanks,
James