CompuServe Thread

#ASCII download PD?

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#18151From: Jerry NovakOct 22, 1988 10:12 PM
Is there a program in any of the libs here that could handle an ascii 9600 baud download with 8,N,1? I am downloading via serial from another computer and I wish to asave it to an Amiga file. I could do it to an IBM and transfer if my awrite worked!!! Thanks, Jer
#18181From: Don Curtis/SYSOPOct 23, 1988 1:39 AM
Jer, Most of them should work fine at 9600 baud…no reason why not unless that baud rate isn't an option available. What terminal program are you using now…doesn't it have a 9600 baud rate selection? Don
#18262From: Jerry NovakOct 23, 1988 1:59 PM
Don, I also apologize for duplicate messages. Seems that This TAPCIS had problems leaving messages last night and didn't think they got through the first time! As far as the link goes, I am using a Pharmacy computer system that prints a list of customers via a serial cable. I take this cable and connect it to the 2000's serial port and use ONLINE!. The only way I can save it as a file is with a capture text file (It does appear on the screen). The problem is that ONLINE cuts it off after the first line. I think it is because of some garbage being sent by the pharmacy computer at the begining of each line. (they do devious things so people like myself are held hostage to their programming staff—-$$$$$!)! I thought maybe their is a program that would just accept input via the serial port at 9600 in straight ASCII and solve my problems Jer
#18277From: Don Curtis/SYSOPOct 23, 1988 3:26 PM
Jer, They may be sending control characters…that are locking up the serial port. Try setting the input filters to NULL everything that isn't an ASCII value in OnLine! input filters. Also, make sure your serial prefs show NO flowcontrol (handshake). I presume there's no chance the pharmacy computer knows how to do a protocol transfer. Don