On Thu, 20 Nov 2003 10:49:31 +0530 Manas Laha <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> wrote:
> K. Ghosh wrote: > > I need two computers to communicate through their RS232C ports : > > > > Computer #1 is an ancient Z80 based, running CP/M and BASIC, > > two_non-standard_ FDDs (one not-working), no HDD and one RS232C > > port. > > > > Computer #2 is a standard PI running Debian. > > > > I have written a small C program to transmit a character from #2 to > > be received in #1. It is being received at #1, but garbled. I feel > > the parameters like Baud rate, no. of stop bits, parity etc. need to > > be set correctly. For Baud rate I am using 'setserial', but how to > > set the others ? > > > > And, what would be the best way of achieving this communication ? > > > > Thanks in advance. > > Ha! This is a problem from the age of the dinosaurs. I seem to > remember that T.Rex was once much vexed with it ;) > > On #2, I suggest you run minicom, which is a friendly serial comm Yes, I was able to set up minicom on #2 and transmit characters which were faithfully reproduced in #1. But this was possible because #1 was running a CP/M program called ET10.com which makes it a dumb terminal. But what I want is to communicate both ways, or rather, read files from #1 and write files to #1 from #2. How do i do that ? Regards, -- ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ K. Ghosh, G. K. Power Systems, [EMAIL PROTECTED] Hyderabad. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ BSNL: (040) 2715 4929 RIM: (040) 310 58 749 ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ -- To unsubscribe, send mail to [EMAIL PROTECTED] with the body "unsubscribe ilug-cal" and an empty subject line. FAQ: http://www.ilug-cal.org/node.php?id=3
