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From: hutch@net1.ucsd.edu (Jim Hutchison)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga
Subject: Re: Using the SER: device
Keywords: serial, RomKernalManuals, what's the trick?
Message-ID: <5028@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU>
Date: 12 Jun 88 20:10:03 GMT
References: <733@csm9a.UUCP>
Sender: nobody@sdcsvax.UCSD.EDU
Reply-To: hutch@net1.UUCP (Jim Hutchison)
Organization: UCSD EMU Project (Educational Microcomputer Unix)
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In article <733@csm9a.UUCP> ngorelic@csm9a.UUCP (Noel Gorelick) writes:
>[...]                                 When I ran it while my modem
>was connected, it ran fine, but when I hooked up my dumb-terminal,
>it just sat there. (I also tried several tele-comm packages
>with a clone and still got nothing)
>
>then I tried to type to the serial port while the dumb-terminal was
>connected, and I still got nothing.  

This computer problem has gotten me several times, probably because
I still treat hardware like tinker-toys, no matter.

The key word is "modem".  You need to insert a null-modem into the
path between your serial port and your terminal.  Otherwise they
have this awareness problem... :-)

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