[Coco] NitrOS9 driver for Tandy RS232 Pak?

Gene Heskett gene.heskett at verizon.net
Sun Dec 28 19:53:10 EST 2008


On Sunday 28 December 2008, Steven Hirsch wrote:
>Title says it.  I understand that OS-9 has always supported user consoles
>on the bit-banger serial port, but with speed limited to 300-baud (!)
>
>I have just acquired a Tandy RS232 Program Pak and am wondering whether
>such a thing as a terminal driver exists for it.  Grepping the sources for
>NitrOS9 is showing only a device descriptor for a serial console.  Where
>(if it exists) is the actual driver?
>
>I'd like to connect a serial terminal at, e.g. 19200 baud to the CoCo 3
>and obtain an OS-9 login.  While I like most everything about the CoCo as
>an 8-bit hobby machine, I find the keyboard unspeakably wretched.
>Ideally, I could use miniterm from my Linux box to log in.
>
>Any advice appreciated!
>
>Steve

I use minicom here.  It supports all the usual file transfer suspects, and the 
linux rzsz is compatible with the os9 version on the coco.

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