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- From: David.Empson@bbs.actrix.gen.nz
- Subject: Re: Modem port differnces in Rom1 and Rom3
- Organization: Actrix Information Exchange
- Date: Fri, 28 Aug 1992 13:20:08 GMT
- Message-ID: <1992Aug28.132008.1291@actrix.gen.nz>
- References: <eeg4PB1w165w@bluemoon.rn.com>
- Sender: David.Empson@actrix.gen.nz (David Empson)
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- In article <eeg4PB1w165w@bluemoon.rn.com> t_captain@bluemoon.rn.com (Tc Wilson) writes:
- >
- > I've recently had to switch from using my Rom03 GS for my BBS to using my
- > Rom01 GS. I have a USR HST on it, and I've noticed that the Rom 01 handles
- > flow controlling (hard-ware wise) differently from the Rom03. Basicly,
- > what's happening is that the HST is dropping the CTS (handshake in) line,
- > and the Rom03 has no problem reading it; however, the Rom01 has a major
- > problem - I have to use a timing loop (1/30th of a second) to stop output
- > to let the modem catch up (otherwise Ymodem-4k and Zmodem dies). This
- > doesn't always work, however (2400/ARQ connects chunk out hard).
- >
- > My question is this: what, if any, hardware differences are their in the
- > MODEM port between the Rom01 and Rom03? I'm not interested in going
- > through the firmware, since it gets in the way and can't succesfully
- > handle anything above 19200 without loosing throughput.
-
- From comparing the circuit diagrams of the ROM 01 and ROM 03 serial
- port hardware, I can't see ANY differences - the same chips, same pin
- numbers, etc.
-
- It MAY be something to do with the way the SCC has been initialized -
- there could be a subtle difference in the initialization used by the
- serial firmware. If you're writing to the hardware yourself, you
- should be reinitializing the SCC as required (direct SCC access is
- documented in IIgs technical note #18).
-
- > Or is this problem with my GS's modem port, and not between the two? It
- > just seems very odd, since everything else (port wise) works the same
- > between the two.
-
- It doesn't sound like a hardware problem. At what point do you need to
- impose the "1/30 second delay"? When the software detects CTS going
- away, or when CTS is re-activated?
- --
- David Empson
-
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