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Loading BASIC With Tera Term
For those using Tera Term on a PC as a terminal to their Altair: I've found that sending the .tap images of the BASIC interpreter to the Altair is much more reliable when I increase the Transmit delay (in Serial Port setup) to 300 msec/line. If you've been having problems getting BASIC to load without checksum errors, try playing around with the character and line delay parameters. Of course I wouldn't have to do this if Grant sent me the ACR board and tapes!
Tom Lake |
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Loading Basic
Hi Tom and All;
I am wondering What Baud Rate are you using , Tom ? The Last time I used to load up Basic, once I got the BUGGS worked out, I didn't have any trouble, I was sending at (If I remember right) 4800 Baud, with no character delays, but If it Helps I will have to try it.... You know that if you go back to Tape you will be STUCK at 300 Baud, Unless you use a different tape interface, like the Sudding tape system that went at 1100 Baud.... Or a Meca Alpha 1 that had higher tape rates, I don't know what the transfer rate was , But it loaded an operating system in seconds, If I remember right.... I hope someday to get it going again... Then of course there is Disk Systems.... Also I am Wondering What All you have as a system, what all is in it ? You can send me a private note if you like , rather than post out in the open... THANK YOU Marty |
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Thanks for the reply. Tom L |
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Loading Basic
Hi Tom;
THANK YOU for your prompt reply !!!! I have a ComuPro Ram 16, but I have not had it working, But I have a Tanner 64K , with Selectable upper Ram Dis-able, and I can switch off at E000, E800, F000, or F800. and I can also switch for Phantom.... I had to Cut the Traces at pins 20 and 70 as they were tied to ground.... But other than that I like the Board and it has been no problem.... THANK YOU Marty |
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Hi Tom,
This is great news. How do you have the 2SIO board set up (which port is RS-232 and which is current loop? I'm assuming you load basic via RS-232 and then switch the system somehow so the teletype (current loop) becomes the console? How do you switch from one to the other? I never got this to work, but really would like to try it. Paul |
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