Date : Sat, 13 Jun 1992 21:07:58 GMT
From : mccc!pjh@princeton.edu (Pete Holsberg)
Subject: Re: Kaypro Liquidation
In article <1992Jun11.220912.28855@noose.ecn.purdue.edu> wieland@ea.ecn.purdue.edu
(Jeffrey J Wieland) writes:
=I've used my '84 2X as a terminal at 19200 bps. How, you ask? Interrupts!
=If you have a copy of Mite that came with your Kaypro, you're all set for
=speedy communications. Mite is pretty bogus as far as scripts goes, and
=my version lacks the nifty long packet Y- and Z-Modem stuff, but it gets
=the job done. And it uses interrupts to avoid dropping characters.
=Their is a P.D. program on Simtel20 in the Kaypro directory (called
=fastterm or something *term) that also uses interrupts, but it can't
=perform file transfers, and you have to reboot your Kaypro when you
=are finished. The source is there too for your hacking pleasure.
Wasn't there a version of YAM for the Kaypro? That'll do terminal
emulation and file transfer, although I don't know whether ZMODEM came
after MS-DOS or before.