Date   : Sun, 04 Jan 2015 11:55:57 +0000
From   : nicolagiacobbe@... (nicola giacobbe)
Subject: Serial console active at power-on

Thanks for the suggestion, being an HW guy I did not thought immediately
to a ROM but it could be the best solution (but since I want to remove the
keyboard a keyboard emulator anyway it could be funny/useful to build).
Now, if only I did read with more care the beebug articles on building a ROM...

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You could write a ROM that would do the switching commands after the OS has 
powered up? Is there a Model B version of the Terminal program in the Master OS? 
Doesn?t this do the same thing if initialised before BASIC?
 
If you have a DataCentre, it can be configured to boot a program on 
powerup, that could then control the USB slave port of the DC and communicate 
directly with the PC, as it uses the FTDI USB Drivers PC side.
 
Mark.


 

From: nicola giacobbe 
Sent: Sunday, January 04, 2015 10:43 AM
To: Pete Turnbull ; bbc-micro@... 

Subject: Re: [BBC-Micro] USB to serial adapters and the BBC 
Micro
 

I am sorry if this question comes out a little OT but I couldn't 
think of a better place to pose it.
Is there some way to automatically have 
the beeb using the serial port as console at power-up?
I would like to 
control the beeb from remote but someone must send the switching FX commands, I 
have reached the point where thinking of designing a keyboard simulator or to 
control the machine via 1MHz bus seem a rational choice...