[Coco] Testing CoCo3 serial port.

[Mark McDougall]

Phill Harvey-Smith wrote:


> Hi is there any way that I can verify that the serial port on my CoCo3 

> is working correctly, I have it wired up to my PC via a 3 wire cable and 

> am having problems getting it to work in drivewire (though DW works fine 

> on my CoCo2 with the same cable).


The simplest way I can think of would be to physically loop-back the TX & RX 
pins on the connector at the coco end and run a serial terminal program on 
the coco. You should see any typed characters 'echoed' back.

Regards,

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