[comp.sys.apple] Help please: Super Serial Card switches?

PKLAMMER%CUDNVR@VAXF.COLORADO.EDU (Pete Klammer 303/556-3915) (03/07/89)

I was given a Super Serial Card by a friend who no longer has
the documentation; I would like to use this card with KERMIT and
maybe Softerm.  Can some kind soul please tell me what I need to
know to use it?  Like, is slot 2 ok to use it in?  What are the
meanings of the two blocks of dip switches (I need to know 300,
1200, & 2400 baud settings, 7bit even parity, at least).  Are there
some useful IN#2 or PR#2 thingies to be aware of?    Thanking you.
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SEWALL@UCONNVM.BITNET (Murph Sewall) (03/07/89)

>I was given a Super Serial Card by a friend who no longer has
>the documentation; I would like to use this card with KERMIT and
>maybe Softerm.  Can some kind soul please tell me what I need to
>know to use it?  Like, is slot 2 ok to use it in?  What are the
>meanings of the two blocks of dip switches (I need to know 300,
>1200, & 2400 baud settings, 7bit even parity, at least).  Are there
>some useful IN#2 or PR#2 thingies to be aware of?    Thanking you.

The thing that makes the Super Serial Card "super" is the triagular
block on the card that has to be set pointed one way for printer and
the other for modem (I haven't my manual at the office nor a real SSC
to peek at, so someone else will have to tell you which way to point
the triangle if it ain't obvious).

Softerm doesn't care what switches are switched as it uses polling (doesn't
care about interrupts) and addresses the port directly (doesn't care about
the firmware or other switch settings).

Kermit cares that SW2-6 (switch 6 on the second block) is ON (interrupts
enabled).  All of the other settings are altered by the application software
(Kermit) so they don't matter (so set switch 6 "ON" on both blocks and then
it won't matter if you can't tell SW1 from SW2 :-)

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