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From: Jim.Locker@afitamy.fidonet.org (Jim Locker)
Newsgroups: comp.sys.amiga.tech
Subject: serial.device
Message-ID: <173.25F554C3@afitamy.fidonet.org>
Date: 7 Mar 90 15:21:58 GMT
Organization: AFIT Amiga Users BBS(AFITAUG), Dayton, Oh. (513) 252-7681
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About 4 days ago I posted a message about the serial.device, asking if anyone 
knew under what conditions it would ship every character when using 8-N-1, but 
only ship every other character at 7-O-1.

Well, I found the answer.  It helps if you have a bad Paula chip in your 
machine.  Then you can get this flaky effect.  Last night, while puzzling over 
this problem, a tiny gleam of light filtered into my brain.  I quickly 
scrolled my package off onto a floppy and booted my other Amiga, loaded the 
package, and watched it run.  It ran correctly, shipping every character out 
the serial port.

My thanks to those who responded to my query...I am happy to report that my 
software problem was really a hardware problem.  (Happy?  It's gonna cost me 
money!  So why am I happy?  At least I know what the problem is!!)

Jim Locker


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