Ideally dsr/dtr should actually be connected since they are actually used, by both TS-DOS and the drive.
On Fri, Jan 8, 2021, 8:47 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> wrote: > at the end of the day, for TPDD access, seems that all hardware flow > control should be disabled in all directions. > > so at each end of a cable > RTS=CTS > DTR=DSR > > is this the right way to think of it? > > > > > On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 7:38 PM Stephen Adolph <[email protected]> > wrote: > >> I did see that and tried it. no luck so far but I will keep plugging >> away. I seem to recall this worked for me in the past. >> >> What I am trying to do is drive a real TPDD in FDC mode, and use VT to >> observe the transactions. >> >> >> On Fri, Jan 8, 2021 at 7:23 PM Ken Pettit <[email protected]> wrote: >> >>> Hardware flow control? I think VT has a checkbox to ignore CTS / RTS. >>> Did you try that? >>> >>> Ken >>> >>> On 1/8/21 4:19 PM, Stephen Adolph wrote: >>> > Hey Folks, >>> > I'm having some trouble getting bi-directional serial port working on >>> > virtualT. >>> > >>> > * Windows 10 >>> > * VT 1.7 (and also tried 1.6) >>> > * using a real serial port COM 1, or also COM2 FTDI USB serial port >>> > * Model T connected to COM1. >>> > >>> > I can send out from VirtualT no problem, but nothing seems to flow in >>> > the return direction. >>> > >>> > I thought this worked.. struggling to understand why it is jammed up. >>> > >>> > On the same physical setup, if I kill VirtualT and start TeraTerm >>> > instead, it works bi-directionally no problem. >>> > >>> > I may try Linux next. >>> > >>> > thx >>> > Steve >>> >>>
