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From: upl@puff.WISC.EDU (Future Unix Gurus)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: RS232 hardware problem
Message-ID: <537@puff.WISC.EDU>
Date: Thu, 5-Mar-87 16:27:14 EST
Article-I.D.: puff.537
Posted: Thu Mar  5 16:27:14 1987
Date-Received: Sat, 7-Mar-87 06:03:55 EST
References: <1028@tekred.TEK.COM>
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Organization: U of Wisconsin CS Dept
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Keywords: low voltage

In article <1028@tekred.TEK.COM> joels@tekred.TEK.COM (Joel Swank) writes:
>
>   I am having a problem with the Amiga RS232 port. I am trying to use
>it to talk to an X10 powerhouse. The Amiga can hear the X10, but the
>X10 cannot hear the Amiga. 
>
>Joel Swank
>Tektronix, Redmond, Oregon

The problem cannot be generic, as I have written BASIC code to access my x10 powerhouse, and it works fine through the internal serial port. I understand a number of Amigae went out with a bad chip in their serial ports (another symptom of this is that they blow easy), maybe your machines are of this vintage? Thats the only possibilty I can think of (all though it also may ne a problem in your 
x10... have you tried hooking it to an IBMPC and running it with the included software?). I can send you my  (unfinished) basic code if you would like to see it. I abandoned basic when my TDI Modula II came, and have been so busy with 
real programming for school that I haven't been able to get back to it.

Jeff Kesselman
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