singer@ll-xn.UUCP (03/12/87)
>From sansom@trwrb.UUCP (Richard Sansom) Wed Mar 11 11:44:24 1987 >Newsgroups: comp.sys.atari.st >Subject: Re: TOS RS232 bug? > >In article <453@ll-xn.ARPA> singer@ll-xn.ARPA (Matthew R. Singer) writes: >>...Since the ST can not keep up at 9600bps... >The terminal program you're using is probably using the (small) system rs232 >buffer, which would certainly account for the problem. The answer? Get a >program which establishes its own (large) rs232 buffer. Simon Poole's >Uniterm _must_ be doing this, since I've had no problem at all using it at >9600bps. > >-Rich > You miss the point... The US Robotics HST modem is designed to use CTS/RTS flow control. If you were to say dump a 300K file to the ST, youd need a BIG buffer if you didnt use flow control and XON-XOFF just wont do it for binary transfers. Having a big buffer does not compensate for the "STANDARD PORT" not being usable with "STANDARD PROTOCOLS". What about output? The HST modem can be setup so it ALWAYS takes data from the computer at 9600, but may be sending it out at some other rate depending on line conditions. It needs to be able to drop CTS to stop the ST from sending. How is a big buffer going to help this??? Matt Singer Commnet Systems
sansom@trwrb.UUCP (03/13/87)
In article <454@ll-xn.ARPA> singer@ll-xn.ARPA (Matthew R. Singer) writes: >You miss the point... The US Robotics HST modem is designed to use >CTS/RTS flow control. I guess I did miss the point. I _know_ the ST is supposed to support CTS/RTS. Has anyone else had trouble with it? As for my setup, XON/XOFF is all I need and it works fine. -Rich -- //////////////////////////////////////\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ /// Richard E. Sansom TRW Electronics & Defense Sector \\\ \\\ {decvax,ucbvax,ihnp4}!trwrb!sansom Redondo Beach, CA /// \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\/////////////////////////////////////
ralph@laas.fr (Ralph P. Sobek) (06/13/91)
In article <22357@cbmvax.commodore.com> joe@cbmvax.commodore.com (Joe O'Hara - Product Assurance) writes: | However, if the poster above is correct regarding problems with | RTS/CTS with Ataris, you can turn off flow control in the modem and | rely on XON/XOFF at the computer. Wasn't there among the inital TOS 1.4 AUTO Patch Kit, something to get RTS/CTS working right on STs? I remember vaguely from the README that it was NOT 1.4 specific. Does anyone know any more about this? -- Ralph P. Sobek Disclaimer: The above ruminations are my own. ralph@laas.fr Addresses are ordered by importance. ralph@laas.uucp, or ...!uunet!laas!ralph If all else fails, try: sobek@eclair.Berkeley.EDU =============================================================================== Proud owner of a Mega 4 ST. Wishing it was a Mega STe! :-|
steveg@cseic.saic.com (Stephen Harold Goldstein) (06/19/91)
TOS14FIX.PRG fixes the RTS/CTS problem with TOS 1.4 I don't believe earlier versions of TOS had this problem. Quote from TOS14FIX.PRG docs follows: "1) A change was made to the BIOS call that sets the RS-232 port configuration. Specifically, it did not allow RTS/CTS flow control to be enabled. This is a problem for people with serial printers and high speed modems, since those devices use RTS/CTS flow control to start and stop data transmission so that the device can keep up with the computer. If you have Rainbow TOS, and you use a high-speed serial device which requires RTS/CTS flow control, you need this program in your auto folder." -- --- Stephen Goldstein steveg@cseic.saic.com My first Atari system? A 24K Atari 800, Rev. A ROMS, C(not G)TIA graphics Disclaimer: That's not what I said.
Roger.Sheppard@actrix.gen.nz (Roger Sheppard) (06/19/91)
In article <2891502@MVB.SAIC.COM> steveg@cseic.saic.com (Stephen Harold Goldstein) writes: > TOS14FIX.PRG fixes the RTS/CTS problem with TOS 1.4 > I don't believe earlier versions of TOS had this problem. > Quote from TOS14FIX.PRG docs follows: > > "1) A change was made to the BIOS call that sets the RS-232 port > configuration. Specifically, it did not allow RTS/CTS flow control to > be enabled. This is a problem for people with serial printers and high > speed modems, since those devices use RTS/CTS flow control to start and > stop data transmission so that the device can keep up with the > computer. If you have Rainbow TOS, and you use a high-speed serial > device which requires RTS/CTS flow control, you need this program in > your auto folder." > > Stephen Goldstein steveg@cseic.saic.com > My first Atari system? A 24K Atari 800, Rev. A ROMS, C(not G)TIA graphics > Disclaimer: That's not what I said. Some one Stated on here that he was using the Patched Version of the TOS 4 fix, does any know what this meens ?? -- *** Roger W. Sheppard * Roger.Sheppard@bbs.actrix.gen.nz *** *** 85 Donovan Rd * * At least I don't Flicker, not *** *** Kapiti New Zealand.. * like a dying light globe. ! ***
millert@tramp.Colorado.EDU (MILLER TODD C) (06/20/91)
That was probably me. TOS14FIX.PRG has a bug (actually a typo) where an RTS instruction should have been an RTE instruction. There is was article in ST Report a while back that told how to fix it. Or you can get tos14fx5.lzh from atari.archive that has the bug fixed and adds xbra support. The fixed version is by Karsten Isakovic. - todd -- Todd C. Miller | "But all the politiCIAns now millert@tramp.Colorado.EDU | They have no excuse al804@cleveland.Freenet.Edu | They just hide behind their power University of Colorado @ Boulder | And keep us from the truth" - Roger McGuinn