[Coco] DLOAD mystery

Robert Emery theother_bob at yahoo.com
Thu Mar 9 15:15:16 EST 2006


Forgive me if you already answered this, but are you using the bit-banger port,
and RS232 cart, or tried both?

Bob

--- Roger Taylor <webmaster at coco3.com> wrote:

> 
> Hello folks,
> 
> Ok, I discovered that the 300bps mode (DLOAD "FILE",0) of DLOAD works.  The 
> 1200bps mode (DLOAD "FILE",1) is causing some missed bit(s) in the start of 
> the transmission with two of my PCs, both using different types of COM1 
> ports (laptop with USB adaptor), so this leads me to believe that maybe, 
> just maybe, the CoCo or cable(?) is causing the problem.  :)
> 
> Has anybody here tried using the DLOAD.EXE utility yet at 1200bps to 
> transfer a file over to their CoCo?  Btw, I've even tried using no 
> handshaking, hardware handshaking, and have wired my cable using various 
> configurations that are in use today.
> 
> 
> -- 
> Roger Taylor
> 
> 
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