From: T@invalid.invalid   
      
   On 06/12/2015 10:57 PM, foxidrive wrote:   
   > On 13/06/2015 15:10, T wrote:   
   >   
   >> I needed to test a com port with a loop back.   
   >>   
   >> To write to the port, I used   
   >>         echo xxxx > com1   
   >>   
   >> To read the port, I opened another shell and   
   >>         type < com1   
   >>   
   >> Which did not work (syntax error).  Poop, I forgot   
   >> how to do this.  Does anyone remember how to do   
   >> this?   
   >   
   > A comms program - Telix, Telemate, all BBS programs from the old days.   
   > + null modem adapter.   
   >   
   >   
   > Without knowing exactly what you are doing - nobody can give you advice   
   > that is going to be reliable in your situation.   
   >   
   >   
      
   I was trying to send data down a questionable cable and see if   
   it actually came back.  I placed a loop back at the end of the cable.   
      
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