gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) (09/11/90)
Howdy. I was helping a friend with Amax 1.0. We were trying to download some stuff off our local unix machine (well hoping to anyway.) He had a copy of some terminal program called Z-term for the Mac. I brought my low-tech Concord Data Systems 2400-baud modem over to try and get the files. I have to do my own dialing with this modem. DTR went high when Z-Term started up. I called and connected with no problems. When I hit return, I could see TX flickering, but I wasn't waking up the NIU's at the other end. My serial cable is wired TX, RX, DTR, DCD, CTS, RTS, GND. Do Mac Terminal programs require x-on x-off or some other bizarre RS232/422 lines. I DID make sure there were no checks besides X-on X-off on the flow control menu option of Z-term. -- <------------------------------------------------------------------------------> < FRANK BRANHAM | Currently at work on a VERY deranged > < Georgia Institute of Technology | RPG. No dice needed. Ever. Nasty > < Internet: gt4662b@prism.gatech.edu | things, worse than hobbitses. >
a218@mindlink.UUCP (Charlie Gibbs) (09/12/90)
In article <13529@hydra.gatech.EDU> gt4662b@prism.gatech.EDU (BRANHAM,JOSEPH FRANKLIN) writes: >I was helping a friend with Amax 1.0. We were trying to download some stuff >off our local unix machine (well hoping to anyway.) > >He had a copy of some terminal program called Z-term for the Mac. I brought >my low-tech Concord Data Systems 2400-baud modem over to try and get the >files. > >I have to do my own dialing with this modem. DTR went high when Z-Term >started up. I called and connected with no problems. When I hit return, >I could see TX flickering, but I wasn't waking up the NIU's at the other >end. > >My serial cable is wired TX, RX, DTR, DCD, CTS, RTS, GND. Do Mac Terminal >programs require x-on x-off or some other bizarre RS232/422 lines. >I DID make sure there were no checks besides X-on X-off on the flow control >menu option of Z-term. The problem must be on the other end. One time I fired up Z-Term on my A1000 running A-Max 1.0 and called a local BBS with no problems. I was using the same serial port, cable, and modem (Supra 2400) which I normally use for my heavy BBS activity, including this Usenet feed. Try establishing the hookup with a terminal program in Amiga mode. If you still can't get through, the problem is definitely not in either A-Max or Z-Term. Once you get it going, though, you should be able to switch to A-Max/Z-Term with no further trouble. Charlie_Gibbs@mindlink.UUCP Intel puts the "backward" in "backward compatible."