Wow someone else with a STAMP based project. I need to
get this to work too. I am working on this and will
try a few things this weekend. Send mail off list.
I suspect it has to do with the the STAMPS use of a
three wire serial interface and lack of handshake.
Anthony Skraba wrote:
>
> I'v searched around, both in the documentation and
> online, and couldn't find any helpful info.
>
> I have dosemu 1.0.1 working just fine (I think).
> I am trying to use MSDOS software written for
> the Basic Stamp 2 microcontroller made by Parallax.
> Program is STAMP2.EXE at www.parallax.com
>
> The software does run when I boot my PC in DOS,
> and I can upload code to the microcontroller over COM1.
>
> Under DOSEMU, it seems to run fine, loads/saves files,
> etc, but it gives me an: ERROR * Hardware not found
> when trying to communicate with the microcontroller.
>
> Because it is a serial connection on COM1 in dos (right?)
> in /etc/dosemu.conf, I set the line
> $_com1 = "/dev/cua0"
> $_com2 = "/dev/cua1"
> but this did not help either.
>
> I rebooted the PC and went into the BIOS setup to check
> the COM address. It said COM1 3F8 IRQ 4
> so in /etc/dosemu.conf I set the line
> $_ports = "0x3f8"
> but this gives the same hardware not found error.
>
> Any help would be greatly appreciated. Currently, this is
> the ONLY software I need to use outside of just Linux.
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