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#2400 bauud XT BB problem

    03-Oct-90 01:26:40
Fm: Don Curtis/SYSOP 76703,4321
To: John G. Ata 72017,145
John, Let me make sure I understand this: If you type (for example) ESC A as a control sequence, sometimes, the ESC doesn't get sent, so you see the A on screen as if you had simply typed it by itself? Is that correct? Since the keyboard input routines are separate from the serial routines…I'm having a hard time thinking of what might be going on. Is it possible with your terminal program to set up a few macros that send the sequences rather than having to type them in? If so, try that…and see if the same problem developes. If it doesn't, try cleaning the ESC key…see if that fixes up things. If the problem continues, even with the macro sending the sequence rather than you hitting the keys…then it almost sounds like your terminal program may be "eating" the ESC character for some reason or other. Try reloading the terminal program..see if that helps. Of course, none of this answers why it works at 1200 and not at 2400…but if you can…try the above anyway…it might help in narrowing the problem down. Don