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From: pete@wlbreng1.UUCP (Pete Lyall)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.m6809
Subject: Re: RS232 Pak
Message-ID: <168@wlbreng1.UUCP>
Date: Tue, 20-Jan-87 17:50:04 EST
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Posted: Tue Jan 20 17:50:04 1987
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In article <2749@udenva.UUCP> rbourass@udenva.UUCP (Mr. Photography) writes:
>HELP!!!!!!!!!!!
>
>I just bought an upgrade to a terminal program that claimed it would 
>recognize and use an RS232 PAK. This was all the ad said, but when I
>received the upgrade, the instructions said to put the RS232 in the
>slot next to the drive card in the multipak.
>
>PROBLEM:
>
>My RS232 and drive card are on a Y-cable. I do not have a multipak.
>The RS232 has pin 8 cut and the useless Shack Program rom pulled out
> ...... text removed 
>
>The source of my problems==>   AUTO TERM 5.0
>
>If anyone can help, I would REALLY appreciate it.
>
>Thanks in advance...
>Richard Bourassa
>University of Denver

I have no knowledge of AutoTerm, but why did you remove pin 8?? If
interrupts are required (possibly also how the PAK is detected as
present..), then you have disabled them. Pin 8 is tied to the IRQ line
of the 6551 chip, and I believe to the CART line on the bus..


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