27 Aug
2005
27 Aug
'05
9:05 a.m.
On Sat, 27 Aug 2005, Richard A. Cini wrote:
My Altair is configured for 8N1 as is the terminal (a
Windows PC). For some
reason when I LIST a BASIC program I see >127 on some characters (mostly
punctuation). Typing in produces the right screen characters.
Maybe there's something else wrong?
Maybe BASIC only expected to send 7 bit characters so has garbage in bit 7...
-----Original Message-----
From: cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org [mailto:cctalk-bounces at classiccmp.org]
On Behalf Of Peter C. Wallace
Sent: Saturday, August 27, 2005 11:38 AM
To: General Discussion: On-Topic and Off-Topic Posts
Subject: Re: Anyone got a plain ASCII Windows font?
Peter Wallace
Mesa Electronics
What the heck is sending ASCII characters >
127 to your terminal and
why?
Sending 7 bits + parity and receiver expecting 8 bit characters?
Peter Wallace