[Coco] RS-232 Pak problems

[phil pt]

hi.

Where did you download the RS-232 Pak plugged in from?

On Sat, Feb 3, 2018 at 8:20 PM, Allen Huffman <alsplace at pobox.com> wrote:

> I am trying to fire up my RS-232 Pak for the first time in ages.
>
> I have a CoCo 3, and upgraded old-style MultiPak, and CoCoSDC, SuperIDE
> and RS-232 Pak plugged in.
>
> When I try to run Greg-E-Term or Ultimaterm and use it, I don’t seem to
> get anything.
>
> If I boot into OS-9, and use the /t2 and sc6551 drivers, I can echo modem
> commands and I see the TX lights blink, and I see the RX light blink back
> long response strings - it is getting the message.
>
> But, under the OS-9 terminal programs I have tried (like Supercomm), my
> typing goes out, but I never see input.
>
> echo ATI2 >/t2 ; dump </t2
>
> …shows no return input, even though I see the lights blinking strings of
> return info.
>
> I am puzzled at why the RS-DOS programs don’t work but OS-9 at least
> partially does.
>
> Also, I cannot run the ROM in the Pak:
>
> EXEC 49152 / EXEC &HC000 — crashes in spectacular ways.
>
> I even tried it with the pak plugged direct to the CoCo 3.
>
> I’ve moved slots around, too, with SDC in 4 and RS232 in 1, in case
> something was hard coded.
>
> What am I forgetting?
>
>                 — Allen
>
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