Date   : Mon, 15 Aug 2005 01:38:24 +0100
From   : jgh@... (Jonathan Graham Harston)
Subject: Re: What had a 'code' key?

Jules Richardson <julesrichardsonuk@...> wrote:
> > The Compact has a "code" key.
> 
> Aha, yep... I was looking for something with 'code' written on it (as
> per the maked-up manual)! :-)
 
When Acorn implemented the "code" key and NUL-byte prefixing in
the keyboard stream they forgot to modify the serial input to take
note of it. MOS 3.50 for the Master fixed this, but if you want to
do serial binary data transfers on the Compact you need to filter
the serial input using a patch such as my SerFix at
http://mdfs.net/Software/Comms/JGH
 
This fix is built in to my XTerm terminal program.
 
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