falcao@stl.olivetti.com (Veronica Falcao) (02/01/89)
I'm trying to use a serial port to communicate with a piece of hardware that expects 8 bits of data plus parity. I have been told that this is not possible on 4.3 BSD - that one can have 7 bits of data plus parity or 8 bits of data if you're willing to sacrifice parity, or even 8 bits of data plus parity if you're willing to sacrifice the stop bit. Well, I suspect it is quite possible if only you know how to get the magic code through to the UART. Does anyone know how this can be done? As a desperate alternative, I could live with 8 bits of data and no parity if I can get two stop bits. Please copy responses to me. Thank you. - Ronnie Ronnie Falcao, Olivetti Research - Software Technology Lab, Menlo Park, CA Internet: RFalcao@olivetti.com UUCP: ...!{ ames | decwrl | oliveb | pyramid }!oli-stl!RFalcao Arpanet: RFalcao%oli-stl.uucp@ames.arc.nasa.gov