Hi Kurt,
The Virtual-T com port emulation doesn't really know or care what
program is running in the emulation, so it shouldn't matter from that
perspective. What might be going on could be a couple of things:
1. Maybe the app (TS-DOS, Sardine, etc.) is locking up because of
hardware flow control? The Virtual-T com settings page has a checkbox
to force HW flow control on.
2. Maybe timing related. If the emulation speed is set to anything
other than 2.4Mhz, then the app could be timing out before the serial
port has time to transfer the data. I know TS-DOS has timeouts that use
ASM loops with a specific number of iterations, and therefore time out
much more quickly at higher emulation speeds. New-DOS attempts to get
around this by detecting it is running in Virtual-T and using VT's
un-documented real-time timer feature to implement time outs.
Ken
On 3/3/16 10:11 AM, Kurt McCullum wrote:
Does the Virtual-T Host Com Port work with programs other than TELCOM?
I ask because I am trying to use it with a USB to rs232 adapter set to
Com2 on my Windows system. When I use TELCOM, I can send and receive
data without issue. When I try to use New-DOS, TS-DOS, Sardine or the
Ultimate Rom they all lock up or in the case of New-DOS, it reports an
error. I'm sure I'm missing something but it's baffling.
Kurt
