Path: utzoo!attcan!uunet!fernwood!portal!atari!momenta!jims
From: jims@momenta (Jim Straus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.laptops
Subject: Re: Serial comms on ATARI PortFolio?
Message-ID: <1990Oct15.153731.5200@momenta>
Date: 15 Oct 90 15:37:31 GMT
References: <688@philica.ica.philips.nl>
Organization: Momenta Corporation
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geertj@philica.ica.philips.nl (Geert Jan de Groot) writes:

>I hope anyone found how to get this in working order:
>I bought an ATARI PortFolio, and a serial port option. I need communication
>with another host (SUN) via the serial port to transfer files both ways,
>to and from the PortFolio.

>So, has anyone made this to work? Is additional software for the PortFolio
>required? How do I download that software? Do I need the parallell adapter
>for the first boot-up? Is [XYZ]modem or kermit available?

>Geert Jan

Geert -
   Other software IS needed.  You need XTerm2, which is available from a
number of bulletin boards and also on the DOS Utilities ROM card from Atari.
If you find it on a bulletin board, there are usually some utilities that
allow you to bootstrap the program in through the serial port.
  XTerm provides XModem and supports up to 9600 baud communication.
Unfortunately, I don't have a copy on my machine with access to the net, so
I can't include a copy here.  See if your dealer has a copy of the card.  If
so, perhaps you can just "borrow" the card and grab that one program off.
   -Jim Straus