Xref: utzoo comp.sys.handhelds:2148 comp.sys.laptops:1070 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rutgers!usc!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sol.ctr.columbia.edu!emory!hubcap!ncrcae!ncrlnk!ncrwic!encad!enint!hburford From: hburford@enint.Wichita.NCR.COM (Harry Burford) Newsgroups: comp.sys.handhelds,comp.sys.laptops Subject: Re: Portfolio serial comms Message-ID: <636@enint.Wichita.NCR.COM> Date: 2 Aug 90 15:28:47 GMT References: <871@iceman.jcu.oz> Organization: NCR Corporation, Wichita, KS Lines: 26 emv@math.lsa.umich.edu (Edward Vielmetti) writes: >In article <871@iceman.jcu.oz> zlraa@iceman.jcu.oz (Ross Alford) writes: > I am seriously considering buying an Atari Portfolio, but have one > unresolved question: If I buy the RS232 adapter for it, how do > I *initially* get a program into it that will do file transfers > through the RS232. >There are some amazingly tiny bootstrap programs for ms-dos kermit, >i'd see about keying in one of those. ftp from watsun.cc.columbia.edu. >--Ed >Edward Vielmetti, U of Michigan math dept Currently Atari is including the parallel interface with their port. this is aparently a bi-directional interface and you will not need the serial to communicate with the PC. As far a comm. goes, there is a comm program as well as spread sheet, word processing, scheduler, + others built into the stock port. I don't own one yet so I'm not sure how well they work. (when I said PC above, I meant a host PC that the port would comm. with) -- Harry Burford - NCR Peripheral Products Division, Printer Products PHONE:316-636-8016 TELEX:417-465 FAX:316-636-8889 CALL:KA0TTY SLOWNET:3718 N. Rock Road, Wichita KS C-$erve:76226,2760 Cherokee N7476R SS: 9.5 Harry.Burford@Wichita.NCR.COM