20 Jul
2020
20 Jul
'20
1:01 p.m.
Hi - I read on teraterm's forum or something like it that teraterm is not
really equipped to receive an inbound papertape reader dump into an ascii
file. What do those of you who have both windows and a tape reader use?
RealTerm? If so, what settings? I have been wresting with this for a
while...I am told my DSI NC 2400 needs hardware flow control
Thanks
BIll
20 Jul
20 Jul
2:28 p.m.
https://gitlab.com/NF6X_Retrocomputing/papertape
Python scripts for working with papertape, including tapein.py. Pass it the
COM port and baud rate as arguments. I have not run it on windows but
should work, I have digitized a significant number of tapes with this
software.
As far as flow control, you can look in the python code. It uses pyserial,
which supports enabling HW flow control:
https://pyserial.readthedocs.io/en/latest/pyserial_api.html
More likely your issue is DTR or similar. You may need an RS232 light box
for debugging. Here is a sample from Amazon.
https://www.amazon.com/dp/B005H46XS2/ref=cm_sw_r_cp_apa_i_.dEfFb1TVYE44
Good luck, if you keep facing issues feel free to contact me off list for
assistance. I can almost guarantee your comms issue is either your USB
adapter (prolific chipset is a good one) or your cable/adapter, not SW.
Your SW problem is easioy solved by using those python scripts I linked
which can work with raw binary over RS232. Teraterm and similar deal with
characters, not bimlnary data.
Worse comes to worse I have an excellent paper tape workflow and am willing
to digitize a few tapes if they are historically significant.
-Eric
On Mon, Jul 20, 2020, 12:02 Bill Degnan via cctech <cctech at classiccmp.org>
wrote:
Hi - I read on teraterm's forum or something like
it that teraterm is not
really equipped to receive an inbound papertape reader dump into an ascii
file. What do those of you who have both windows and a tape reader use?
RealTerm? If so, what settings? I have been wresting with this for a
while...I am told my DSI NC 2400 needs hardware flow control
Thanks
BIll
2:59 p.m.
I don't use a windows machine for either serial of parallel. I use a machine that can
boot to DOS directly, not a dos window in windows.
I use my own programs written in Forth to transfer them to files. Some need other things
like headers and such.
I put the files on a 3.5 floppy and then use a USB floppy to transfer them to my windows
or chrome book as needed.
I don't use my windows machine on the web, except to download needed programs.
It's a bit of pain but I control every thing I need to control that way better.
Dwight
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Subject: windows program to read papertape from reader through serial port
Hi - I read on teraterm's forum or something like it that teraterm is not
really equipped to receive an inbound papertape reader dump into an ascii
file. What do those of you who have both windows and a tape reader use?
RealTerm? If so, what settings? I have been wresting with this for a
while...I am told my DSI NC 2400 needs hardware flow control
Thanks
BIll
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