[Coco] NitrOS9 driver for Tandy RS232 Pak?

[L. Curtis Boyle]

The standard driver is ACIAPAK, but if Bruce Isted's SACIA is still  
part of the NitrOS9 distribution, use it instead (much more advanced,  
larger buffers, and can run at higher speeds). You will have to make  
sure that you're descriptor is pointing to the right driver. You can  
reliably run 9600 baud this way, and even 19.2k if you are downloading  
files using a non-steaming protocol (like YModem/XModem, bit not  
ZModem) and are running a 6309 chip with the appropriate version of  
Nitros.


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L. Curtis Boyle


On Dec 28, 2008, at 10:43 AM, John Eric <jet.pack at ymail.com> wrote:

> I have an issue of trs-80 microcomputer news around here somewhere  
> that has an asm listing of a device descriptor or driver for the  
> rs-232 pak. If I can locate which issue, I could scan it, but I  
> thought os-9 L2 came with support for the rs-232 pack, if so,  
> couldn't it becopied over to nitros9?
>
>
>
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> ________________________________
> From: Steven Hirsch <snhirsch at gmail.com>
> To: Color Computer Mailing List <coco at maltedmedia.com>
> Sent: Sunday, December 28, 2008 9:52:56 AM
> Subject: [Coco] NitrOS9 driver for Tandy RS232 Pak?
>
> 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
>
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